Cornell University’s online exhibition, Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore, provides high school students of American literature with several short introductory articles on the life and most famous works of this complex and tortured author.  The exhibition covers Poe’s family’s history, his work as a journalist, editor, and critic, and is richly illustrated with photos of original sources including some of Poe’s hand-written manuscripts.  This website could be integrated fairly easily into your homeschool curriculum as an introduction to Poe’s writings, providing access to documents and photos to put your student’s reading of Poe’s masterpieces in better historical context.