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A H I S T O R I C A L G U I D E T O Edgar Allan Poe H I S T O R I C A L G U I D E S TO A M E R I C A N A U T H O R S The Historical Guides to American Authors is an interdisciplinary, his- torically sensitive series that combines close attention to the United States' most widely read and studied authors with a strong sense of time, place, and history. Placing each writer in the context of the vi- brant relationship between literature and society, volumes in this series contain historical essays written on subjects of contemporary social, po- litical, and cultural relevance. Each volume also includes a capsule biog- raphy and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations dating from the period capture the flavor of the author's time and social milieu. Equally accessible to students of literature and of life, the volumes offer a complete and rounded picture of each au- thor in his or her America. A Historical Guide to Ernest Hemingway Edited by Linda Wagner-Martin A Historical Guide to Walt Whitman Edited by David S. Reynolds A Historical Guide to Ralph Waldo Emerson Edited by Joel Myerson A Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau Edited by William E. Cain A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe Edited by J. Gerald Kennedy A Historical Guide to Nathaniel Hawthorne Edited by Larry Reynolds A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe EDI T E D BY J . G E R A L D K E N N E D Y OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 2OOI OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bogota Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Paris Sao Paulo Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw and associated companies in Berlin Ibadan Copyright © 2001 by J. Gerald Kennedy Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A historical guide to Edgar Allan Poe / edited by J. Gerald Kennedy. p. cm. — (Historical guides to American authors) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-512I49-X; ISBN 0-19-512150-3 (pbk.) 1. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Literature and society—United States—History—19th century. I. Kennedy, J. Gerald II. Series. PS2638 .H54 2001 818'.309—dc2l 00-020192 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Contents Abbreviations vii Introduction: Poe in Our Time 3 J. Gerald Kennedy Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849: A Brief Biography 19 J. Gerald Kennedy POE IN HIS TIME Poe and the American Publishing Industry 63 Terence Whalen Spanking the Master: Mind-Body Crossings in Poe's Sensationalism 95 David Leverenz Poe and Nineteenth-Century Gender Constructions 129 Leland S. Person VI Contents Poe and the Issue of American Privacy 167 Louis A. Renza Illustrated Chronology 189 Bibliographical Essay: Major Editions and Landmarks of Poe Scholarship 209 Scott Peeples Contributors 233 Index 235 Abbreviations ER Poe, Edgar Allan. Essays and Reviews. Ed. G. R. Thompson. New York: Library of America, 1984. L Poe, Edgar Allan. The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe. Ed. John Ward Ostrom. 2 vols. 1948. Reprint, New York: Gordian Press, 1966. P Poe, Edgar Allan. Poems. Ed. Thomas Ollive Mabbott. Vol. 1 of The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1969. PL Thomas, Dwight, and David K. Jackson. The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1987. PT Poe, Edgar Allan. Poetry and Tales. Ed. Patrick F. Quinn. New York: Library of America, 1984. This page intentionally left blank A H I S T O R I C A L G U I D E T O Edgar Allan Poe

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