A man was discovered lying in the gutter, confused, bedraggled, and under the influence. Shabbily dressed (in someone else’s clothing, as it turned out), Edgar Allan Poe was in dire need of medical assistance.

The excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" introduces the protagonist who is defending his sanity despite being very ill. He argues that his

When all of heaven was blue

I went searching for a photograph of Edgar Allan Poe. You would think it shouldn’t be difficult to find a photograph that can be legally shared online for a famous writer who has been dead si…