Timeline

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Title

Date

Date

First published in

Notes

"Poetry"

1824

240101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[20]

"O, Tempora! O, Mores!"

1825

250101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

Not authenticated,[21] attribution to Poe is likely incorrect[22]

"To Margaret"

circa 1827

270101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[27]

"A Dream"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[24]

"Dreams"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[25]

"Evening Star"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[23]

"Imitation"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[24]

"Song"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[24]

"Spirits of the Dead"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[23]

"Stanzas"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[26]

"Tamerlane"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[23]

"The Lake"

July 1827

270701

Tamerlane and Other Poems

[23]

"The Happiest Day"

September 15, 1827

270915

The North American

[24]

"Al Aaraaf"

1829

290101

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[24]

"Alone"

1829

290101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[28]

"An Acrostic"

1829

290101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[24]

"Elizabeth"

1829

290101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[33]

"Fairy-Land"

1829

290101

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[24]

"Romance"

1829

290101

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[24]

"To — — "

1829

290101

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

Begins "The bowers whereat, in dreams..."[31]

"To — — "

1829

290101

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

Begins "Should my early life seem..."[31]

"To Isaac Lea"

circa 1829

290101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[29]

"To Science"

1829

290101

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[32]

"To The River — — "

1829

290101

Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems

[30]

"A Paean"

1831

310101

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"Israfel"

1831

310101

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"The City in the Sea"

1831

310101

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"The Sleeper"

1831

310101

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"The Valley of Unrest"

1831

310101

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[34]

"To Helen"

1831

310101

Poems by Edgar A. Poe

[33]

"Metzengerstein"

January 14, 1832

320114

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

First published anonymously with the subtitle "A Tale in Imitation of the German"[13]

"The Duc de L'Omelette"

March 3, 1832

320303

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Originally "The Duke of l'Omelette"[63]

"A Tale of Jerusalem"

June 9, 1832

320609

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

[64]

"Loss of Breath"

November 10, 1832

321110

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Originally "A Decided Loss"[64]

"Bon-Bon"

December 1, 1832

321201

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Originally "The Bargain Lost"[64]

"Enigma"

February 2, 1833

330202

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[35]

"Serenade"

April 20, 1833

330420

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[38]

"Fanny"

May 18, 1833

330518

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[36]

"MS. Found in a Bottle"

October 19, 1833

331019

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[65]

"The Coliseum"

October 26, 1833

331026

Baltimore Saturday Visiter

[37]

"The Assignation"

January 1834

340101

Godey's Lady's Book

Originally "The Visionary", published anonymously[66]

"To One in Paradise"

January 1834

340101

Godey's Lady's Book

[30]

"Berenice"

March 1835

350301

Southern Literary Messenger

[39]

"Hymn"

April 1835

350401

Southern Literary Messenger

[39]

"Morella"

April 1835

350401

Southern Literary Messenger

[39]

"Lionizing"

May 1835

350501

Southern Literary Messenger

Subtitle: "A Tale"[39]

"Lionizing"

May 1835

350501

Southern Literary Messenger

Subtitle: "A Tale"[39]

"The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall"

June 1835

350601

Southern Literary Messenger

[39]

"King Pest"

September 1835

350901

Southern Literary Messenger

Originally "King Pest the First", published anonymously[67]

"Shadow — A Parable"

September 1835

350901

Southern Literary Messenger

Published anonymously[67]

"To Elizabeth"

September 1835

350901

Southern Literary Messenger

Republished as "To F — — s S. O — — d" in 1845[33]

"May Queen Ode"

circa 1836

360101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[40]

"Spiritual Song"

1836

360101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[41]

"Four Beasts in One — The Homo-Cameleopard"

March 1836

360301

Southern Literary Messenger

Originally "Epimanes"[68]

"Latin Hymn"

March 1836

360301

Southern Literary Messenger

[42]

"Bridal Ballad"

January 1837

370101

Southern Literary Messenger

Originally published as "Ballad"[43]

"To Zante"

January 1837

370101

Southern Literary Messenger

[32]

"Mystification"

June 1837

370601

American Monthly Magazine

Originally "Von Jung, the Mystific"[69]

"Silence — A Fable"

1838

380101

Baltimore Book

Originally "Siope — A Fable"[60]

"Ligeia"

September 1838

380901

Baltimore American Museum

Republished in the February 15, 1845, issue of the New York World, included the poem "The Conqueror Worm" as words written by Ligeia on her death-bed[70]

"A Predicament"

November 1838

381101

Baltimore American Museum

Companion to "How to Write a Blackwood Article," originally "The Scythe of Time"[71]

"How to Write a Blackwood Article"

November 1838

381101

Baltimore American Museum

An introduction to "A Predicament"[71]

"The Haunted Palace"

April 1839

390401

American Museum

[44]

"The Devil in the Belfry"

May 18, 1839

390519

Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times

[72]

"The Man That Was Used Up"

August 1839

390801

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

[73]

"The Fall of the House of Usher"

September 1839

390901

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

[74]

"William Wilson"

October 1839

391001

The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840

[75]

"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion"

December 1839

391201

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

[75]

"Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling"

1840

400101

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

[76]

"Silence–A Sonnet"

January 4, 1840

400104

Saturday Courier

[45]

"The Business Man"

February 1840

400201

Burton's Gentleman's Magazine

Originally "Peter Pendulum"[75]

"The Man of the Crowd"

December 1840

401201

Graham's Magazine

[77]

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

April 1841

410401

Graham's Magazine

[16]

"The Oval Portrait"

April 1842

410401

Graham's Magazine

Originally "Life in Death"[82]

"A Descent into the Maelström"

May 1841

410501

Graham's Magazine

[76]

"The Island of the Fay"

June 1841

410601

Graham's Magazine

[76]

"The Colloquy of Monos and Una"

August 1841

410801

Graham's Magazine

[78]

"Eleonora"

Fall 1841

410901

The Gift for 1842

[80]

"Never Bet the Devil Your Head"

September 1841

410901

Graham's Magazine

Subtitled "A Tale with a Moral"[79]

"Three Sundays in a Week"

November 27, 1841

411127

Saturday Evening Post

Originally "A Succession of Sundays"[81]

"The Masque of the Red Death"

May 1842

420501

Graham's Magazine

Originally "The Mask of the Red Death"[83]

"The Landscape Garden"

October 1842

421001

Snowden's Ladies' Companion

Later incorporated into "The Domain of Arnheim"[84]

"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt"

November 1842, December 1842, February 1843 (serialized)[69]

421101

Snowden's Ladies' Companion

Originally subtitled "A Sequel to 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue'"[85]

"The Pit and the Pendulum"

1842–1843

421201

The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present

[86]

"The Conqueror Worm"

January 1843

430101

Graham's Magazine

[47]

"The Tell-Tale Heart"

January 1843

430101

The Pioneer

[87]

"Lenore"

February 1843

430201

The Pioneer

[48]

"Lines on Joe Locke"

February 28, 1843

430228

Saturday Museum

[46]

"The Gold-Bug"

June 1843

430601

Dollar Newspaper

[88]

"The Black Cat"

August 19, 1843

430819

United States Saturday Post

[89]

"Diddling"

October 14, 1843

431014

Philadelphia Saturday Courier

Originally "Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences"[90]

"A Campaign Song"

1844

440101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[49]

"The Spectacles"

March 27, 1844

440327

Dollar Newspaper

[91]

"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains"

April 1844

440401

Godey's Lady's Book

[91]

"Dream-Land"

June 1844

440601

Graham's Magazine

[47]

"The Premature Burial"

July 31, 1844

440731

Dollar Newspaper

[92]

"Mesmeric Revelation"

August 1844

440801

Columbian Magazine

[93]

"The Oblong Box"

September 1844

440901

Godey's Lady's Book

[94]

"The Angel of the Odd"

October 1844

441001

Columbian Magazine

Subtitled "An Extravaganza"[95]

"Thou Art the Man"

November 1844

441101

Godey's Lady's Book

[94]

"The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq."

December 1844

441201

Southern Literary Messenger

[94]

"The Purloined Letter"

1844–1845

441201

The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present

[96]

"Epigram for Wall Street"

January 23, 1845

450123

Evening Mirror

[52]

"The Raven"

February 1845

450201

American Review: A Whig Journal

[53]

"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade"

February 1845

450201

Godey's Lady's Book

Meant as a sequel to One Thousand and One Nights[97]

"Some Words with a Mummy"

April 1845

450401

American Review: A Whig Journal

[98]

"To F — — "

April 1845

450401

Broadway Journal

Republished as "To Frances" in the September 6, 1845, issue of the Broadway Journal[33]

"Impromptu. To Kate Carol"

April 26, 1845

450426

Broadway Journal

[50]

"The Power of Words"

June 1845

450601

Democratic Review

[99]

"Eulalie"

July 1845

450701

American Review: A Whig Journal

[51]

"The Imp of the Perverse"

July 1845

450701

Graham's Magazine

[100]

"The Divine Right of Kings"

October 1845

451001

Graham's Magazine

[54]

"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether"

November 1845

451101

Graham's Magazine

[101]

"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"

December 1845

451201

The American Review

Originally "The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case"[102]

"The Sphinx"

January 1846

460101

Arthur's Ladies Magazine

[103]

"A Valentine"

February 21, 1846

460221

Evening Mirror

Originally published as "To Her Whose Name Is Written Below"[55]

"The Cask of Amontillado"

November 1846

461101

Godey's Lady's Book

[104]

"Beloved Physician"

1847

470101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

Incomplete[56]

"Deep in Earth"

1847

470101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

Incomplete[57]

"The Domain of Arnheim"

March 1847

470301

Columbian Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine

Expansion of previous story "The Landscape Garden"[105]

"To M. L. S — — (1847)"

March 13, 1847

470313

The Home Journal

[33]

"Ulalume"

December 1847

471201

American Whig Review

[58]

"Lines on Ale"

1848

480101

Never published in Poe's lifetime

[59]

"An Enigma"

March 1848

480301

Union Magazine of Literature and Art

[58]

"To Marie Louise"

March 1848

480301

Columbian Magazine

[60]

"To Helen"

November 1848

481101

Sartain's Union Magazine

[33]

"The Light-House" 1849 490101 - (never published in Poe's lifetime)

"Mellonta Tauta"

February 1849

490201

Godey's Lady's Book

[106]

"Hop-Frog"

March 17, 1849

490317

Flag of Our Union

Subtitled "Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs"[58]

"A Dream Within A Dream"

March 31, 1849

490331

The Flag of Our Union

[58]

"Von Kempelen and His Discovery"

April 14, 1849

490414

Flag of Our Union

[58]

"Eldorado"

April 21, 1849

490421

Flag of Our Union

[61]

"For Annie"

April 28, 1849

490428

Flag of Our Union

[58]

"X-ing a Paragrab"

May 12, 1849

490512

Flag of Our Union

[107]

"Landor's Cottage"

June 9, 1849

490609

Flag of Our Union

Originally "Landor's Cottage: A Pendant to 'The Domain of Arnheim'"[108]

"To My Mother"

July 7, 1849

490707

Flag of Our Union

[30]

"Annabel Lee"

October 9, 1849

491009

New York Daily Tribune

Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously[62]

"The Bells"

November 1849

491101

Sartain's Union Magazine

Sold before Poe's death but published posthumously[58]