Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

20160731 frey50

Readings on Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe Bonnie Szumski, book editor ; Carol Prime, assistant editor. - San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1998. - 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American authors .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-186) and index.

Edgar Allan Poe : a biography -- Edgar Allan Poe : an evaluation. An American genius / by Charles Baudelaire -- Poe is a terrible poet / by Aldous Huxley -- Poe invented the modern detective story / by Celestin Pierre Cambiaire -- Poe heavily influenced other writers / by Jeffrey Meyers -- Poe's theatricality is essential to his work / by W.H. Auden -- Poe's genius was in creating a self and a style / by N. Bryllion Fagin -- Poe as literary critic / by Edd Winfield Parks -- Poe's themes. Symbolism in Poe's tales / by Georges Zayed -- Death in Poe's writings / by J. Gerald Kennedy -- Fear as a theme in Poe's work / by Michael L. Burduck -- Poe's use of allegory / by Richard Wilbur -- Humor in Poe's tales / by James H. Justis -- Poe's use of horror / by Edward H. Davidson -- A critical selection. Poe explains "The raven" / by Edgar Allan Poe -- "The pit and the pendulum" : a Freudian

1565106334 (lib. : alk. paper) 1565106326 (pbk. : alk. paper)

97012902


Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 --Criticism and interpretation.


Fantasy literature, American--History and criticism.

PS2638 / .R43 1998

818/.309