Portable Poe

by Poe, Edgar Allan

• ISBN13: 9780140150124
• ISBN10: 0140150129
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-12-01
• Publisher: Penguin Group USA

Summary

A fully revised collection of Poe's workThe first new edition of this landmark anthology since 1945 presents a more complicated, perverse, and culturally engaged Poe. Along with the author's familiar masterworks in poetry and fiction, this new Portable Poe includes satirical tales that reflect his critique of American culture.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	x
Chronology	xi
Introduction	xv
Letters
To John Allan. March 19, 1827	1	(2)
To John Allan. March 20, 1827	3	(1)
To John Allan. January 3, 1831	4	(4)
To John Allan. April 12, 1833	8	(1)
To William Poe. August 20, 1835	8	(4)
To Mrs. Maria Clemm. August 29, 1835	12	(3)
From a letter to Dr. J. E. Snodgrass. April 1, 1841	15	(2)
To Lea & Blanchard. August 13, 1841	17	(1)
To Mrs. Maria Clemm. April 7, 1844	18	(2)
To James Russell Lowell. July 2, 1844	20	(4)
From a letter to E. A. Duyckinck. November 13, 1845 [?]	24	(1)
To Virginia Poe. June 12, 1846	25	(1)
To N. P. Willis. December 30, 1846 [?]	26	(2)
To Mrs. Mary Louise Shew. January 29, 1847	28	(1)
From a letter to George Eveleth. January 4, 1848	29	(1)
To George Eveleth. February 29, 1848	30	(1)
To Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman. October 1, 1848	31	(4)
To Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman. October 18, 1848	35	(8)
To Mrs. Nancy Locke Heywood Richmond. November 16, 1848	43	(4)
From a letter to F. W. Thomas. February 14, 1849	47	(1)
To Mrs. Maria Clemm. July 7, 1849	48	(1)
To Mrs. Maria Clemm. July 14, 1849	49	(1)
To Mrs. Maria Clemm. July 19, 1849	50	(1)
To Mrs. Maria Clemm. August, 1849	51	(2)
To Mrs. Maria Clemm. September, 1849	53	(2)
Tales
Of Fantasy
Editor's Preface	55	(2)
William Wilson	57	(25)
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains	82	(13)
Eleonora	95	(8)
The Oval Portrait	103	(4)
The Man of the Crowd	107	(12)
Of Terror
Editor's Preface	119	(1)
Ms. Found in a Bottle	120	(13)
A Descent into the Maelstrom	133	(21)
The Pit and the Pendulum	154	(19)
The Premature Burial	173	(18)
Of Death
Editor's Preface	191	(1)
The Assignation	192	(16)
Berenice	208	(10)
Morella	218	(7)
Ligeia	225	(19)
The Fall of the House of Usher	244	(24)
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar	268	(12)
The Masque of the Red Death	280	(8)
Of Revenge And Murder
Editor's Preface	288	(2)
The Tell-Tale Heart	290	(6)
The Black Cat	296	(13)
The Cask of Amontillado	309	(8)
Hop-Frog	317	(13)
Of Mystery And Ratiocination
Editor's Preface	330	(2)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue	332	(44)
The Mystery of Marie Roget	376	(63)
The Purloined Letter	439	(23)
The Gold-Bug	462	(45)
Articles
Editor's Preface	507	(1)
Maezel's Chess-Player	508	(30)
From A Few Words on Secret Writing	538	(9)
Criticism
Editor's Preface	547	(2)
The Philosophy of Composition	549	(16)
The Short Story	565	(3)
From The Poetic Principle	568	(9)
On Poets and Poetry, A Letter to B-----	577	(9)
Poems
Editor's Preface	586	(2)
Prose Poems
Silence---a Fable (1838)	588	(6)
Shadow---a Parable (1835)	594	(5)
Verse
A Dream Within a Dream (1827)	599	(1)
Stanzas (1827)	600	(1)
``The Happiest Day, The Happiest Hour'' (1827)	601	(1)
The Lake: To --- (1827)	602	(1)
Romance (1829)	603	(1)
Fairy-Land (1829)	604	(1)
To Helen (1831)	605	(1)
Israfel (1831)	606	(1)
The City in the Sea (1831)	607	(2)
The Sleeper (1831)	609	(2)
Lenore (1831)	611	(2)
The Valley of Unrest (1831)	613	(1)
The Coliseum (1833)	613	(2)
Sonnet---Silence (1840)	615	(1)
Dream-Land (1844)	616	(1)
The Raven (1845)	617	(7)
A Valentine (1846)	624	(1)
Ulalume (1847)	624	(3)
To--- [Mrs. Marie Louise Shew] (1848)	627	(1)
For Annie (1849)	628	(4)
To My Mother (1849)	632	(1)
Annabel Lee (1849)	632	(2)
The Bells (1849)	634	(3)
Alone	637	(2)
Opinions
Editor's Preface	639	(1)
The Poet's Vision	639	(1)
Genius and Madness	640	(2)
Poetry and Imagination	642	(4)
Fancy and Imagination	646	(3)
Conversation	649	(1)
The Impossibility of Writing a Truthful Autobiography	650	(1)
Hero Worship	651	(1)
The Distribution of Vital Energy	652	(1)
Music and Poetry	652	(1)
Logic vs. Truth	653	(1)
On Intuition	654	(1)
Plot---A Definition	655	(1)
The Theatrical Profession	656	(1)
Between Wakefulness and Sleep	657	(3)
Man and Superman	660	(1)
The Self and the Universe	661	(3)
Poe's Books With Their First Publication Dates	664	(1)
Bibliography	665