*Discussion: Edgar Allan Poe - Chautauqua's FREE History Comes Alive Festival

*DISCUSSIONS are NOT costumed performances as are the other festival events. They are an opportunity to get to know the performers and discover what they think about their characters.

Edgar Allan Poe – Orphaned as a child, Poe became one of America’s great literary innovators. As an unsurpassed teller of tales he created the detective genre as well as dark romantic poetry and short stories that set new literary standards.