Poe
"Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American original - a literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst of human obsession and compulsion par excellence. From 1835 until his death, he was arguably the main protagonist in the story of the building of American literature. The scope of his achievements and the dramatic character of Poe's life have drawn readers and critics to him in droves." "And yet, upon his death, one obituary penned by a literary enemy in the New York Daily Tribune cascaded into a lasting stain on Poe's character, leaving a historic misunderstanding. To many, Poe is remembered as a difficult, self-pitying, troubled drunkard often incapable of caring for himself."
Print Book, English, ©2005
University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, ©2005
Biography
xvii, 290 pages ; 25 cm.
9781578067213, 1578067219
56414098
Childhood : Boston, Richmond, England (1809-1825)
The byronic youth : university, the army, and West Point (1826-1830)
Baltimore : early tales and satires (1831-1834)
Return to Richmond : marriage, the Southern Literary Messenger, and The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1835-1837)
Philadelphia : Burton's Gentleman's magazine and the great tales (1838-1840)
Graham's magazine, "The Penn," and The red death (1841-1843)
New York : triumphs and troubles, "The raven" and the Longfellow war (1844-1845)
Quarrels, loves, and losses (1846-1848)
The journey and the lighthouse (1849)
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