The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe (Norton Critical Editions, September 2004, 0-393-97285-2, $16.95, liii+962pp, tp, co) [Ref. G. R. Thompson]
Critical collection of 31 poems, 33 stories, and extensive non-fiction items both by and about Poe, including criticism and correspondence. Other non-fiction pieces provide historical background and cultural context. Edited, with biographical and introductory material by G.R. Thompson, who also provides introductory pieces to each of the items.
- xiii · Edgar A. Poe: An American Life (1809-1849) · G. R. Thompson · in
- xlix · A Note on the Texts and Annotations · G. R. Thompson · ms
- liii · Acknowledgements · G. R. Thompson · ms
- · The Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
- 3 · Poems · G. R. Thompson · si
- 8 · Tamerlane · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827
- 15 · Dreams · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827
- 16 · Spirits of the Dead · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827, as “Visit of the Dead”
- 17 · Evening Star · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827
- 17 · Imitation · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827
- 18 · untitled (“In youth have I known…”) · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827; headed “[Stanzas]”.
- 19 · A Dream · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems by Edgar A. Poe, Hatch & Dunning, 1829
revised from an untitled poem in Tamerlane and Other Poems, 1827.
- 20 · untitled (“The happiest day—the happiest hour…”) · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tamerlane and Other Poems by A. Bostonian, Calvin F.S. Thomas, 1827; headed “[The Happiest Day]”.
- 20 · The Lake: To— · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Wiley and Putnam, 1845
revised from “The Lake” (Tamerlane and Other Poems, 1827).
- 21 · Sonnet: To Science · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems by Edgar A. Poe, Hatch & Dunning, 1829, as “untitled (“Science! meet daughter of old Time thou art”)”
- 22 · Al Aaraaf · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems by Edgar A. Poe, Hatch & Dunning, 1829
an extract previously appeared in The Baltimore Gazette and Daily Advertiser, May 18, 1829.
- 42 · Introduction · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Elam Bliss, 1831
- 43 · Fairy-Land (“Dim vales—and shadowy floods—”) · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette September 1829
- 45 · Fairy-Land (“Sit down beside me, Isabel”) · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Elam Bliss, 1831
- 46 · Alone · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Scribner’s Monthly September 1875
- 47 · To Helen (“Helen, thy beauty is to me”) · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Elam Bliss, 1831
- 48 · Israfel · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Elam Bliss, 1831
- 49 · The Sleeper · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Saturday Chronicle May 22 1841
revised from “Irene” 1831.
- 51 · The Valley of Unrest · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Review April 1845
revised from “The Valley Nis” (Poems, 1831).
- 51 · The City in the Sea · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Review April 1845
revised from “The Doomed City” (Poems, 1831).
- 53 · The Coliseum · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 26 1833
- 55 · Sonnet—Silence · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 4 1840
- 56 · Dream-Land · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine June 1844
- 57 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · pm New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845
- 61 · Ulalume · Edgar Allan Poe · pm American Whig Review December 1847; subtitled “A Ballad”.
- 65 · The Bells · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Union Magazine December 1849
- 68 · To Helen (“I saw thee once”) · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Union Magazine November 1848, as “To — (“I saw thee once”)”
- 70 · A Dream Within a Dream · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union March 31 1839
- 71 · For Annie · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union April 28 1849
- 74 · Eldorado · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union April 21 1849
- 75 · Annabel Lee · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Tribune October 9 1849
- 77 · Tales and Sketches · G. R. Thompson · si
- 81 · Metzengerstein · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Philadelphia Saturday Courier January 14 1832
- 89 · Loss of Breath · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger September 1835; subtitled “A Tale a la Blackwood”.
much revised from “A Decided Loss” (Philadelphia Saturday Courier, Nov 10, 1832).
- 106 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor October 19 1833
- 116 · The Assignation · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger July 1835, as “The Visionary”
revised from “The Visionary”, Godey’s Lady’s Book, Jan 1834.
- 128 · Some Passages in the Life of a Lion · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger May 1835, as “Lionizing”
- 134 · Shadow—A Parable · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger September 1835
- 136 · Silence—A Fable · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Baltimore Book, a Christmas and New Year’s Present ed. W. H. Carpenter & T. S. Arthur, Bayly & Burns, 1838, as “Siope—A Fable”
- 140 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835
- 148 · King Pest · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger September 1835
- 159 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838
- 173 · How to Write a Blackwood Article · Edgar Allan Poe · ar American Museum December 1838, as “The Psyche Zenobia”
- 183 · A Predicament · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Museum December 1838, as “The Scythe of Time”
- 190 · The Man That Was Used Up · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine August 1839
- 199 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839
- 216 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, Carey & Hart, 1839
- 232 · The Man of the Crowd · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine December 1840
- 239 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841
- 266 · A Descent Into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1841
- 279 · The Colloquy of Monos and Una · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1841
- 286 · Never Bet the Devil Your Head · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine September 1841, as “Never Bet Your Head”
- 295 · The Oval Portrait · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842, as “Life in Death”
- 299 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy”
- 304 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
- 316 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843
- 321 · The Gold-Bug · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Dollar Newspaper June 21 1843 (+1)
- 348 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843
- 356 · The Premature Burial · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Dollar Newspaper July 31 1844
- 367 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844
- 382 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845
- 398 · The Power of Words · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Magazine and Democratic Review June 1845
- 401 · The Imp of the Perverse · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine July 1845
- 407 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845
- 415 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846
- 421 · Hop-Frog; or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outangs · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Flag of Our Union March 17 1849
- 429 · The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym · Edgar Allan Poe · n. Harper, July 1838
- 564 · Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe · Edgar Allan Poe · ex Putnam, 1848, as “Eureka: A Prose Poem”
- · Backgrounds and Contexts
- 587 · Letters, Prefaces, Essays, and Reviews · G. R. Thompson · si
- 587 · To John Allan. May 29, 1829 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 588 · Letter to B— · Edgar Allan Poe · lt Southern Literary Messenger 1836
- 594 · To Joseph T. and Edwin Buckingham. May 4, 1833 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 595 · The Folio Club · Edgar Allan Poe · pr The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1902
- 596 · To Thomas W. White. April 30, 1835 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 598 · From Theodore S. Fay · Edgar Allan Poe · br Southern Literary Messenger December 1835; review of Norman Leslie.
- 601 · From Morris Mattson · Edgar Allan Poe · br Southern Literary Messenger February 1836; review of Paul Ulric.
- 602 · John P. Kennedy to Poe · John P. Kennedy · lt (r); letter dated February 9, 1836.
- 603 · To John P. Kennedy. February 11, 1836 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 603 · Letter to T. W. White · J. K. Paulding · lt (r)
- 604 · From Joseph Rodman Drake—Fitz-Greene Halleck · Edgar Allan Poe · br Southern Literary Messenger April 1836; review of The Culprit Fay and Alnwick Castle.
- 611 · To Harrison Hall. Sepotember 2, 1836 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 612 · From Robert M. Bird · Edgar Allan Poe · br Southern Literary Messenger September 1836; review of Sheppard Lee.
- 613 · From Baron de la Motte Fouqué · Edgar Allan Poe · br Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839; review of Undine.
- 616 · To Philip Cooke. September 21, 1839 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 617 · From Thomas Moore · Edgar Allan Poe · br Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine January 1840; review of Alciphron.
- 620 · Preface · Edgar Allan Poe · pr Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque by Edgar A. Poe, Lea & Blanchard, 1840
- 621 · Prospectus of The Penn Magazine · Edgar Allan Poe · ms self-published, 1840
- 623 · To William E. Burton. June 1, 1840 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 624 · From Edward Lytton Bulwer · Edgar Allan Poe · br Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841; review of Night and Morning.
- 626 · From Lambert A. Wilmer · Edgar Allan Poe · br Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine August 1841; review of The Quacks of Helicon.
- 632 · Exordium to Critical Notices · Edgar Allan Poe · es Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine January 1842
- 636 · From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Edgar Allan Poe · br Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine March 1842; review of Ballads and Other Poems.
- 643 · Nathaniel Hawthorne [Part 1 of 2] · Edgar Allan Poe · br Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1842 [Ref. Nathaniel Hawthorne]; review of Twice-Told Tales.
- 645 · Nathaniel Hawthorne [Part 2 of 2] · Edgar Allan Poe · br Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842 [Ref. Nathaniel Hawthorne]; review of Twice-Told Tales.
- 650 · To Joseph Evans Snodgrass. June 4, 1842 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 651 · To James R. Lowell. July 2, 1844 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 653 · Marginalia · Edgar Allan Poe · cl United States Magazine and Democratic Review November 1844
- 656 · From Our Contributors.—No. XVII. Edgar Allan Poe · James Russell Lowell · bg Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine February 1845 [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe]
- 662 · From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Edgar Allan Poe · br Aristidean April 1845; review of Poems on Slavery.
- 667 · From Thomas Hood · Edgar Allan Poe · br Broadway Journal August 9 1845; review of Prose and Verse.
- 670 · Edgar Allan Poe · [uncredited] · br Aristidean October 1845 [Ref. Edgar Allan Poe]; review of Tales (1845), considered mostly written by Poe.
- 675 · Preface · Edgar Allan Poe · pr The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Wiley and Putnam, 1845
- 675 · The Philosophy of Composition · Edgar Allan Poe · ar Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1846
- 684 · To Philip P. Cooke. August 9, 1946 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 685 · Nathaniel Hawthorne · Edgar Allan Poe · ar Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1847, as “Tale-Writing—Nathaniel Hawthorne” [Ref. Nathaniel Hawthorne]; review of Twice-Told Tales and Mosses from an Old Manse.
- 693 · From James Russell Lowell · Edgar Allan Poe · br Southern Literary Messenger March 1849; review of A Fable for the Critics.
- 698 · The Poetic Principle · Edgar Allan Poe · ex Union Magazine October 1850
- 704 · A Reviewer Reviewed · Edgar Allan Poe ,[?] · ar The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume III by Edgar Allan Poe, Harvard University Press, 1978, as by Walter G. Bowen
- 710 · The Late Edgar Allan Poe · George R. Graham · ex Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine March 1850
- 712 · Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and His Works · Charles Baudelaire; translated by Henry Curwen · ex 1872; as an introduction to a selection of Poe’s works edited by J.C. Hotten.
translated from the French (“Edgar Allan Poe: Sa Vie et Ses Ouvrages”, Revue de Paris, 1852).
- 715 · Edgar Poe’s Significance · Walt Whitman · ex Specimen Days & Collect by Walt Whitman, Rees Welsh & Co., 1882
- 717 · Transcendentalism and Alternative Romanticism · G. R. Thompson · si
- 720 · On Immanuel Kant and German Transcendentalism · Frederic Henry Hedge · ar Christian Examiner March 1833
- 727 · Fragments · Friedrich Schlegel · gp (r)
- _727 · Lyceum · Friedrich Schlegel; translated by Peter Firchow · ex Friedrich Schlegel’s Lucinde and the Fragments by co, University of Minneapolis Press, 1971
translated from the German.
- _728 · Athenaeum · Friedrich Schlegel; translated by Peter Firchow · ex Friedrich Schlegel’s Lucinde and the Fragments by co, University of Minneapolis Press, 1971
translated from the German.
- _731 · Dialogue on Poetry · Friedrich Schlegel; translated by Ernst Behler & Roman Struc · ex German Romantic Criticism ed. A. Leslie Willson, Continuum, 1982
translated from the German (“Gespräch über Poesie”, 1800).
- 733 · Dramatic Lectures · August Wilhelm Schlegel; translated by John Black & A. J. W. Morrison · ex 1846
translated from the German.
- 738 · Preschool for Aesthetics · Jean Paul Friedrich Richter; translated by Erika Casey · ex 1992
translated from the German (Vorschule für Aesthetik, 1804).
- 742 · Sciences of the Mind · G. R. Thompson · si
- 743 · The Physiognomical System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim · Johann G. Spurzheim · ex Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815
- 746 · Fowler’s Practical Phrenology · Orson S. Fowler · ex 1846
- 747 · Phrenological Chart · Orson S. Fowler · il from Life: Its Factors, Science, and Culture, 1886
- 749 · Outlines of Imperfection and Disordered Mental Action · Thomas C. Upham · ex 1868
- 754 · Popular Fiction: Blackwood’s and the Sensational Tale · G. R. Thompson · si
- 755 · Extracts from Gosschen’s Diary · [uncredited] · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 1818
- 759 · The Buried Alive · John Galt, uncredited · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine October 1821
- 762 · The Man in the Bell · William Maginn · ss Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine November 1821, uncredited.
- 767 · The South and Slavery · G. R. Thompson · si
- 768 · Southern Literature · James E. Heath · ar Messenger August 1834
- 772 · Slavery · Nathaniel Beverley Tucker · br Messenger April 1836
- 778 · To Beverley Tucker. May 2, 1836 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 779 · The Authorship of the “Paulding-Drayton Review” · J. V. Ridgely · ar PSA Newsletter Fall 1992
- 784 · To Joseph Evans Snodgrass. June 17, 1840 · Edgar Allan Poe · lt The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe ed. John Ward Ostrom, Harvard University Press, 1948
- 785 · Criticism · G. R. Thompson · si
- 789 · Poe’s Debt to Coleridge · Floyd Stovall · ex 1969
- 798 · Poetic Theory · Robert Colin McLean · ex from George Tucker: Moral Philosopher and Man of Letters, 1989
- 807 · The House of Poe · Richard Wilbur · ex 1959
- 823 · The Question of Poe’s Narrators · James W. Gargano · ar College English December 1963
- 829 · Murder as a Fine Art: Basic Connections Between Poe’s Aesthetics, Psychology, and Moral Vision · Joseph J. Moldenhauer · ex PMLA #83, 1968
- 844 · Poe’s Sense of an Ending · Paul John Eakin · ex American Literature #45, 1973
- 856 · The Quest of Arthur Gordon Pym · Grace Farrell · ar Southern Literary Journal #4, 1972
- 863 · The Shadow’s Shadow: The Motif of the Double in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter” · Liahna Armstrong · ar The Mystery and Detection Annual ed. Donald K. Adams, Donald K. Adams, 1972
- 873 · The “Mysteries” of Edgar Poe: The Quest for a Monomyth in Gothic Literature · Barton Levi St. Armand · ex The Gothic Imagination: Essays in Dark Romanticism ed. G. R. Thompson, Washington State University Press, 1974
- 884 · The “Crypt” of Edgar Poe · Joseph N. Riddel · ex Purloined Letters: Originality and Repetition in American Literature ed. Mark Bauerlein, Louisiana State University Press, 1995
- 896 · Phantasms of Death in Poe’s Fiction · J. Gerald Kennedy · ex The Haunted Dusk: American Supernatural Fiction, 1820-1920 ed. Howard Kerr, John W. Crowley & Charles L. Crow, University of Georgia Press, 1983
- 904 · Antebellum Slavery and Modern Criticism: Edgar Allan Poe’s Pym and “The Purloined Letter” · John Carlos Rowe · ex At Emerson’s Tomb: The Politics of Classic American Literature by John Carlos Rowe, Columbia University Press, 1992
- 921 · Average Racism: Poe, Slavery, and the Wages of Literary Nationalism · Terence Whalen · ex Poe and the Masses: The Political Economy of Literature in Antebellum America by Terence Whalen, Princeton University Press, 1999
- 941 · Detective Fiction as High Art: Lacan, Derrida, and Johnson on “The Purloined Letter” · John T. Irwin · ar The Mystery to a Solution: Poe, Borges, and the Analytic Detective Story by John T. Irwin, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994
- 953 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi
- 961 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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