Best known as the author of poems such as "The Raven" and short stories such as The Fall of the House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe is now firmly established as one of the most significant 19th-century American writers. Since 1845, when his work was recognized in France by Baudelaire, his critical reception has endured a history of fluctuation and controversy. During the last 50 years, research on Poe has grown so much that it now rivals or possibly exceeds the renaissance of interest in Emerson, Melville, and Henry James. His work has been adapted for popular consumption through several films; and early editions of his works, printed in small quantities, continue to command high prices. This reference companion, the third in a series with others on Melville and Henry James, is a guide to the tremendous amount of scholarship Poe has generated. Through chapters written by expert contributors, this volume reviews and represents Poe biography, criticism, aesthetics, philosophy, and influence. The first section of the book includes chapters on Poe's life and discusses the problems confronting Poe's biographers. The second section primarily offers textual criticism of his individual works, while the third and fourth sections treat broad topics related to his philosophical views and aesthetic theory. The fifth section consists of chapters on the legacy of Poe as a world author and his lasting influence on literature, popular culture, and fine arts. Chapters include extensive documentation, and a bibliography at the end of the volume lists the most significant resources for the study of Poe.
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“This volume is extraordinarily useful and valuable. It must be available to every serious student of the many sides of Edgar Allan Poe.”–Journal of American Culture
“The tone of the volume as a whole is that of the responsible critical/historical scholar who has taken into account the intricacies of literary influence, textual genesis, biographical detail, and extant documentation in order to arrive at sound conclusion....The amount of factual information gleaned by the reader seeking to become familiar with what we know of Poe is rewarded repeatedly by each essay.”–Extrapolation
“This reference companion...is a valuable guide to the scholarship and criticism that the enormous interest in Poe's life and work has generated, especially during the last fifty years.”–Nineteenth-Century Literature
“The tone of the volume as a whole is that of the responsible critical/historical scholar who has taken into account the intricacies of literary influence, textual genesis, biographical detail, and extant documentation in order to arrive at sound conclusion....The amount of factual information gleaned by the reader seeking to become familiar with what we know of Poe is rewarded repeatedly by each essay.”–
“This reference companion...is a valuable guide to the scholarship and criticism that the enormous interest in Poe's life and work has generated, especially during the last fifty years.”–
About the Author
ERIC W. CARLSON is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.
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