Some biographers have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank at all.
have not only disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he drank
not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also over whether he drank
have disputed not only the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also whether he may not have drunk
not only have disputed the common notion that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether or not he had drunk
have disputed the common notion not only that Edgar Allan Poe drank to excess but also questioned whether he may not have drunk
If what immediately follows not only is a verb phrase, then what immediately follows but also must also be a verb phrase. And so on. The sentence here correctly uses the not only . . . but also . . . construction: what immediately follows not only is a verb phrase (disputed the common notion . . . ), and what immediately follows but also (questioned whether he drank at all) is a verb phrase as well.
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