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The Nintendo game based around Edgar Allan Poe's work is called "MadWorld" for the Wii console. The game draws inspiration from Poe's dark and macabre themes, with its violent and gritty gameplay set in a monochromatic world.
No, "Edgar Allan" by John Neufeld is a work of fiction and is not based on a true story about Edgar Allan Poe. It is a novel that imagines the life of a young teenage boy named Edgar who shares similarities with the famous author.
'The Fall of the House of Usher' is by Edgar Allan Poe.
No, The Black Cat is a work of fiction by Edgar Allan Poe and is not based on a true story. It is a gothic tale that explores themes of guilt, madness, and the supernatural.
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Edgar Allan Poe wrote the poem, "Dream-Land," in June of 1844. The poem was published in Graham's Magazine, a periodical popular in the 1800's that was based in Philadelphia.
Iron Maiden did a song titled "Murders in the Rue Morgue" as a tribute to Edgar Allan Poe in 1981. The song is based on Poe's short story of the same name, which revolves around a murder mystery in Paris.
It is known that Poe attempted suicide at least once, with laudanum. For any other attempts, more research will be conducted.
Alfred Butts read Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Gold-Bug,' in which a pirate's coded treasure map is deciphered by matching mysterious symbols with letters based on how often they appear in the language: "e" is incredibly common; "b" and "h" less so; "q" and "z" are rarest of all.
No one can know for certain, since no physician ever diagnosed Poe as suffering from it.
Edgar the Atheling was born in Hungary in 1051 and died in the year 1126. He was proclaimed the King of England in 1066, but was never crowned because war was brewing and the consensus was, he was too young to handle it.