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Portable Poe

by: Poe, Edgar Allan

Portable Poe

by: Poe, Edgar Allan

ISBN 13:
9780140150124
ISBN 10:
0140150129
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/01/1988
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
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Summary

A fully revised collection of Poe's workThe first new edition of this landmark anthology since 1945 presents a more complicated, perverse, and culturally engaged Poe. Along with the author's familiar masterworks in poetry and fiction, this new Portable Poe includes satirical tales that reflect his critique of American culture.

Acknowledgments

Chronology

Introduction

Letters

To John Allan. March 19, 1827

(2)

To John Allan. March 20, 1827

(1)

To John Allan. January 3, 1831

(4)

To John Allan. April 12, 1833

(1)

To William Poe. August 20, 1835

(4)

To Mrs. Maria Clemm. August 29, 1835

(3)

From a letter to Dr. J. E. Snodgrass. April 1, 1841

(2)

To Lea & Blanchard. August 13, 1841

(1)

To Mrs. Maria Clemm. April 7, 1844

(2)

To James Russell Lowell. July 2, 1844

(4)

From a letter to E. A. Duyckinck. November 13, 1845 [?]

(1)

To Virginia Poe. June 12, 1846

(1)

To N. P. Willis. December 30, 1846 [?]

(2)

To Mrs. Mary Louise Shew. January 29, 1847

(1)

From a letter to George Eveleth. January 4, 1848

(1)

To George Eveleth. February 29, 1848

(1)

To Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman. October 1, 1848

(4)

To Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman. October 18, 1848

(8)

To Mrs. Nancy Locke Heywood Richmond. November 16, 1848

(4)

From a letter to F. W. Thomas. February 14, 1849

(1)

To Mrs. Maria Clemm. July 7, 1849

(1)

To Mrs. Maria Clemm. July 14, 1849

(1)

To Mrs. Maria Clemm. July 19, 1849

(1)

To Mrs. Maria Clemm. August, 1849

(2)

To Mrs. Maria Clemm. September, 1849

(2)

Tales

Of Fantasy

Editor's Preface

(2)

William Wilson

(25)

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

(13)

Eleonora

(8)

The Oval Portrait

103

(4)

The Man of the Crowd

107

(12)

Of Terror

Editor's Preface

119

(1)

Ms. Found in a Bottle

120

(13)

A Descent into the Maelstrom

133

(21)

The Pit and the Pendulum

154

(19)

The Premature Burial

173

(18)

Of Death

Editor's Preface

191

(1)

The Assignation

192

(16)

Berenice

208

(10)

Morella

218

(7)

Ligeia

225

(19)

The Fall of the House of Usher

244

(24)

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

268

(12)

The Masque of the Red Death

280

(8)

Of Revenge And Murder

Editor's Preface

288

(2)

The Tell-Tale Heart

290

(6)

The Black Cat

296

(13)

The Cask of Amontillado

309

(8)

Hop-Frog

317

(13)

Of Mystery And Ratiocination

Editor's Preface

330

(2)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

332

(44)

The Mystery of Marie Roget

376

(63)

The Purloined Letter

439

(23)

The Gold-Bug

462

(45)

Articles

Editor's Preface

507

(1)

Maezel's Chess-Player

508

(30)

From A Few Words on Secret Writing

538

(9)

Criticism

Editor's Preface

547

(2)

The Philosophy of Composition

549

(16)

The Short Story

565

(3)

From The Poetic Principle

568

(9)

On Poets and Poetry, A Letter to B-----

577

(9)

Poems

Editor's Preface

586

(2)

Prose Poems

Silence---a Fable (1838)

588

(6)

Shadow---a Parable (1835)

594

(5)

Verse

A Dream Within a Dream (1827)

599

(1)

Stanzas (1827)

600

(1)

``The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour'' (1827)

601

(1)

The Lake: To --- (1827)

602

(1)

Romance (1829)

603

(1)

Fairy-Land (1829)

604

(1)

To Helen (1831)

605

(1)

Israfel (1831)

606

(1)

The City in the Sea (1831)

607

(2)

The Sleeper (1831)

609

(2)

Lenore (1831)

611

(2)

The Valley of Unrest (1831)

613

(1)

The Coliseum (1833)

613

(2)

Sonnet---Silence (1840)

615

(1)

Dream-Land (1844)

616

(1)

The Raven (1845)

617

(7)

A Valentine (1846)

624

(1)

Ulalume (1847)

624

(3)

To--- [Mrs. Marie Louise Shew] (1848)

627

(1)

For Annie (1849)

628

(4)

To My Mother (1849)

632

(1)

Annabel Lee (1849)

632

(2)

The Bells (1849)

634

(3)

Alone

637

(2)

Opinions

Editor's Preface

639

(1)

The Poet's Vision

639

(1)

Genius and Madness

640

(2)

Poetry and Imagination

642

(4)

Fancy and Imagination

646

(3)

Conversation

649

(1)

The Impossibility of Writing a Truthful Autobiography

650

(1)

Hero Worship

651

(1)

The Distribution of Vital Energy

652

(1)

Music and Poetry

652

(1)

Logic vs. Truth

653

(1)

On Intuition

654

(1)

Plot---A Definition

655

(1)

The Theatrical Profession

656

(1)

Between Wakefulness and Sleep

657

(3)

Man and Superman

660

(1)

The Self and the Universe

661

(3)

Poe's Books With Their First Publication Dates

664

(1)

Bibliography

665

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