From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, is commemorating the 2009 bicentennial of Edgar Allan Poe, American poet, critic and inventor of the detective story, with the exhibition From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe. This project draws upon the extensive holdings of the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the Harrison Institute/ Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia, with additional materials from the Free Library of Philadelphia and other museums. The exhibition is on display at the Ransom Center September 8, 2009, through January 3, 2010