EDGAR ALLAN POE
Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Association, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Dates of Birth/Death: 1809-1849
Nationality: American
Literary Periods:
American Romantic Period, 1830-1865
Nineteenth Century, 1800-1899
Literary Movements:
American Romanticism
STUDY GUIDES
Student Companion to Edgar Allan Poe
Tony Magistrale, 2001
Edgar Allan Poe Comprehensive Research and Study Guide
edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom
Raven
The Flying Raven by Édouard Manet, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
REFERENCE & BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Scribner Writers Series
Essay on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, complete works and suggested reading bibliographies
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Literature Resource Center [DATABASE]Includes entries from Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Twayne's Authors Series, and Scribner Writers Series
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Literature Online [DATABASE]Biographical overview, complete bibliography, journal articles, audio & video recordings, and recommended Web sites
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Edgar Allan Poe A to Z (2001) by Few authors can claim Edgar Allan Poe's influence on literary and popular culture. During his short and turbulent life, he invented the modern detective story and horror genres with such immortal works as The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Pit and the Pendulum. Best known for the haunting melody of his poetry and prose, Poe also wrote numerous critical articles and reviews, essays and magazine articles on a variety of subjects.Call Number: Miller PS2630 .S68 2001ISBN: 0816038503 -
The Poe Encyclopedia (1997) by [[ Best known as the author of imaginative short fiction, such as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado, and as the author of hauntingly sonorous poems such as The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe was a leading practitioner of the American Gothic and helped popularize the short story as a genre. This reference work assembles in dictionary format a complete and current body of information on Poe's life and work. More than 1900 entries cover all phases of Poe's art and literary criticism, his family relationships, his numerous travels and residences, and the abundance of critical responses to his works. Each entry provides bibliographical information, and the volume concludes with an extensive listing of works for further consideration. ]] ?? Best known for his mysterious and imaginative short fiction, such as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado, as well as hauntingly sonorous poems such as The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe has secured a lasting place in the American literary canon. He was one of the first American authors to be given serious attention in Europe, and his works popularized the Gothic, the short story, and detective fiction in America. Poe's works are frequently studied in schools and colleges, but he also retains his appeal as one of America's most demanding popular authors. His works reflect his vast and sometimes arcane erudition, his probing insights into the workings of the mind, his theories of literature and aesthetics, and his interest in science and the supernatural. Through more than 1900 alphabetically arranged entries, this reference book provides complete and current coverage of Poe's life and work. Some entries treat Poe's known reading and his responses to literary contemporaries and international literary figures. Others comment on the impact of various writers and literary traditions on Poe's imagination. Still others address Poe's views on subjects ranging from Shakespeare to mesmerism to phrenology. Each entry is supplemented by a bibliographical note which gives the basis for the entry and suggests sources for further investigation. Each entry for Poe's fiction and poetry contains a critical synopsis, and an extensive bibliography at the end of the volume lists the most important critical and biographical studies of Poe.Call Number: Miller PS2630 .P58 1997ISBN: 0313277680 -
Dictionary of Names and Titles in Poe's Collected Works (1968) by Call Number: Colby PS2630 .P6ISBN: 0306711540 -
Concordance to the Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe (1989) by Based on the Mabbott edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works, this concordance provides a classification of the words of Poe in all available versions of his poems, with an introduction describing the format and publication history of each poem.Call Number: Colby PS2645 .W55 1989ISBN: 0941664961
RESEARCH & CRITICISM
Find books, essays and journal articles in MLA International Bibliography
MLA International Bibliography is the definitive literary research database, indexing the most authoritative scholarship on Edgar allan Poe from books and academic journals. MLA indexes and links to the entire JSTOR literary research collection as well as linking to many other full-text providers.
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The Edgar Allan Poe Review [JOURNAL]March 1, 2000--
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Poe Studies [JOURNAL]Poe Newsletter [JOURNAL]Jan. 01, 1968- Dec. 31, 1970
1971 available in print, Miller Periodicals
PRIMARY SOURCES
Papers/Archival Collections
- University of Texas (M. L. Stark Library and Humanities Research Center--
the Koerster Collection) - Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
- Free Library of Philadelphia (the Richard Gimbel Collection)
- Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California
- Indiana University (Lilly Collection)
- New York Public Library (Manuscript Division and the Berg Collection)
- University of Virginia (Ingram Collection)
- Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore
- Poe Foundation, Richmond (State Library of Virginia)
- Boston Public Library (Griswold Papers)
- Library of Congress (Ellis and Allan Papers)
- Columbia University Libraries
- Duke University Library (Whitty Collection)
- Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Collected works of Edgar Allan Poe [BOOK]Edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott | Miller Library PS2600 .F69 v.1-3
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The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe [BOOK]edited by John Ward Ostrom | Miller Library PS2631 .A374 v.1-2
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The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849 [BOOK]Dwight Thomas and David K. Jackson | Miller Library PS2631 .T47 1987