Poe

by James M. Hutchisson

Book Overview

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American original---a luminous literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst par excellence of human obsession and compulsion. The scope of his literary 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578067219
• ISBN13: 9781578067213
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"