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...k." It is hoped that by making available a broader selection of Poe's works, it will quickly become evident that he has been misjudged, based on too narrow a reading of items that reveal but one expression of his genius. For many items, this site will offer first and other important or significantly revised versions. In this regard, we see Poe as a conscious artist, creating with effort and careful attention to details. Wherever possible, the original sources have been used, retaining Poe's punctuation and spellings. It is presumed that Poe's works, widely published for over 150 years, are part of the public domain and that no copyright laws have been violated in posting this material. A few words on method: Generally, printed text is scanned on a Relisys 2400 (a TWAIN compatible flatbed scanner using ART-SCAN). Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is performed with Caere's OmniPage 7.0 and saved as a document. This document is imported into Corel WordPerfect 7.0, where the text is examined for obvious errors, many of which are conveniently highlighted by WordPerfect's spell checker. Manuscript material, which cannot be interpreted by OCR, is entered by hand. Variants are usually created from a basic version of the text, modified as required. Since OCR and spell checkers are notoriously unreliable and inherently limited by their mechanical nature, text must ultimately be verified manually. (OCR, for example, routinely misreads "hath" as "bath" and "thine" as "shine," especially when the source font is smaller than 12-point. Spell checkers are inadequate for Poe's historical spellings and frequent coining of words. Greek and Hebrew text, which does not use standard character sets, is provided as a image, scanned and manipulated under Adobe's PhotoShop 4.0. Illustrations originally published with the text are similarly provided.) At the end of each text, a proofreading mark is maintained to keep track of its status. Anyone is free to use information from this site for any legitimate purpose without charge as long as sources are properlynoted. (Links to this site are welcome. Wholesale lifting of our text or images, however, is not permitted — nor is theunacknowledged use of this material for student papers or commercial endeavors.) Although items within this site are individually complete, the site itself is still under construction. This is a long-term project, and subject to constant proofing, correction and expansion, so please bear with us. It is, of course, well known that Poe was a writer, but what did he write? In his own day, he was generally thought of as a poet and literary critic who also wrote stories. With the rise of modern poetry and its emphasis on free verse, Poe's poems fell from grace. The modern school derided them as old-fashioned, more gimmick than substance. His critical reviews were mostly forgotten. A select few of his more fantastic poems and tales have never been out of print, but have obscured his other writings. Most people know about "The Raven," "The Bells," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." These and a few related works comprise the core of Poe's literary legacy. They are, however, only a handful of his writings and provide a misleadingly narrow view of his style and subject matter. In addition to the familiar poems and tales, Poe wrote humorous stories, a textbook on the study of shells, a theory on the nature of existence, a play, editorial reviews and essays on a variety of topics including the history of street paving. Since the 1880's, scholars have been trying to establish a complete listing of Poe's writings. T...