Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Von Kempelen and His Discovery
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" by Edgar Allan Poe was written as a hoax to deter "forty-niners" from rushing to California in search of gold. Read the full text on this site.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: "The Masque of the Red Death"
Here is a summary of and commentary on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death." Refresh your knowledge of the story's plot, main character, and allegorical meaning.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Reading: The Black Cat
The complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Black Cat" followed by a vocabulary list for the story.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Reading: The Fall of the House of Usher
The complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" followed by a vocabulary list for the story.
TES Global
Blendspace: The Fall of the House of Usher
A five-part learning module on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" including links to pictures, a complete text, a video, and informative web sites.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death is a strange gothic story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Read about his fascinating story in a site that analyses characters, looks in detail at important quotations and themes.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: Instruction Page 2: Short Stories
This lesson focues on plot, irony, and suspense as seen in short stories by Richard Connell and Edgar Allan Poe. It defines each term and provides examples.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Poe's Poetry Handout: "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" [Pdf]
This is a 5-page PDF entitled "Poe's Poetry Handout" which provides the text for Poe's poems "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee."
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Onomatopoeia: A Figurative Language Mini Lesson
Contains plans for a miniactivity that teaches about onomatopoeia using Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Bells." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the activity as well as...
Library of Congress
Loc: Edgar Allen Poe Was Born Jan. 1809
A brief biography of Edgar Allen Poe's fascinating life is presented on this site from the Library of Congress. Illustrations and portraits enrich the four pages of information on this American author.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Sounds of the Sonnet
"Sound Experiments" drive this lesson plan. Sonnet analysis is accompanied by readings based on specific emotions. At this website, there are several links full-text sonnets by such authors as Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Longfellow, and...
Other
Teachers Net: The Cask of Amontillado (Venetian Carnival)
A literary and interactive lesson on Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." Students examine the work for literary elements and comprehension, then do research on the "carnival season," finding examples and even creating their own mask!
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Web Museum: Odilon Redon
French painter and graphic artist, one of the outstanding figures of Symbolism. This site contains information on Redon's art work as well as providing examples of his work.
Other
Roald Dahl Life and Stories
An enlightening biography of this children's writer whose books "are always a little cruel, but never without humor." We learn that some of that cruelty can be traced to Dahl's school years and the severe beatings boys were given there....
Other
Classic Shorts: Classic Short Stories
This online story collection is classified alphabetically by author, and includes works by Jack London, James Joyce and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The word count for each story is given so the reader can determine the length of story the...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Raven
Read about Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem The Raven. This site contains insights into the the symobls, imagery and wordplay found in the poem as well as useful study questions.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Tell Tale Heart
The famous short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, written by Edgar Allan Poe is profiled in this site. Read about the narrator and find out what motivates him in life. Interesting selections are quoted from the story and give insights into...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Widow" by Guy De Maupassant
Some consider Guy de Maupassant the French Edgar Allan Poe. Read the full text of his short story "A Widow" on this site and see what you think!
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Here, read a summary of and a commentary on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." Commentary contains information on the plot, symbolism, and theme.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: "The Cask of Amontillado"
Here read a summary of and commentary on Edgar Allan Poe's famous tale, "The Cask of Amontillado." Commentary provides analysis of the story's irony, foreshadowing, and puns.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Directed Listening Thinking Activity
Lesson which requires students to listen to The Tell-Tale Heart read aloud, answer prediction questions during the reading, and write written responses after. Excellent for beginning a mystery unit.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:tales of the Supernatural
Lesson explores the genre of Gothic literature. Includes discussion of Frankenstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe among others.
Other
Florida Gulf Coast University: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Read essays from the Florida Gulf Coast University written about "The Fall of the House of Usher". Discusses themes, images, symbols and more. A biographical context of Poe in relation to the work is also available.
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