Elizabeth "Lizzie" Doten (April 1, 1827 – January 15, 1913) was an American poet and a prominent spiritualist lecturer and trance speaker and writer who received special attention for her supposed ability to channel poetry from Edgar Allan Poe after his death.[1][2] She wrote poetry, fiction, and essays and edited an annual spiritualist publication, Lily of the Valley. She was active on the lecture circuit between 1864 and 1880.[3]
- ^ “Poe Poem After his Death: Claimed to Have Been Revealed to the Medium Lizzie Doten.” The Washington Post. January 11, 1914. p.E11.
- ^ Rosenheim, Shawn. "Resurrexi: Poe in the Crypt of Lizzie Doten," in The Cryptographic Imagination: Secret Writing from Edgar Poe to the Internet Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1997. pp.115–38.
- ^ Bednarowski, Mary Ferrell. Lizzie Doten: Literary Spiritualist. Master’s Thesis, Duquesne University. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1969. #1301804.