Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Part 1 The Life 1
Chapter 1 The Orphan 3
Chapter 2 From Edgar Allan- 10
Chapter 3 -To Edgar Poe 13
Chapter 4 From University- 19
Chapter 5 To the End of West Point 28
Chapter 6 Journalism and Marriage 42
Chapter 7 The Aspiringeditor 54
Chapter 8 New York and Philadelphia 61
Chapter 9 "The Penn" 69
Chapter 10 "The Stylus" 79
Chapter 11 New York Again 87
Chapter 12 Something Like Fame 97
Chapter 13 Fordham, and Disaster 108
Chapter 14 The Death of Virginia 118
Chapter 15 At a Distance from Life 123
Chapter 16 The Desperate Heart 130
Chapter 17 A Southern Gentleman Goes Home 141
Epilogue The History of a Reputation 155
Part 2 The Work 171
The Criticism 173
The Poems 192
The Stories 203
The Psychoanalytical Approach 226
Edgar Poe: A Fine Academic Property 231
Coda: The Problem of Edgar Allan Poe 239
Select Bibliography 242
Index 247
Afterword 261
