Bibliograph

The annotated Poe, Edgar A. Poe ; edited by Kevin J. Hayes ; with a foreword by William Giraldi

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The annotated Poe, Edgar A. Poe ; edited by Kevin J. Hayes ; with a foreword by William Giraldi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

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mapsportraitsillustrationsfacsimiles

Index

no index present

Literary Form

mixed forms

Main title

The annotated Poe

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907204412

Responsibility statement

Edgar A. Poe ; edited by Kevin J. Hayes ; with a foreword by William Giraldi

Summary

Presents a selection of Poe's tales and poems with in-depth marginal notes elucidating his sources, obscure words and passages, and literary, biographical, and historical allusions

Table Of Contents

Note on the text -- Foreword / by William Giraldi -- Introduction -- Select tales. Metzengerstein -- Manuscript found in a bottle -- Berenice: a tale -- Morella -- Ligeia -- The man that was used up: a tale of the late Bugaboo and Kickapoo campaign -- The fall of the House of Usher -- William Wilson -- Why the little Frenchman wears his hand in a sling -- The business man -- The philosophy of furniture -- The man of the crowd -- The murders in the Rue Morgue -- A descent into the maelström -- The oval portrait -- The masque of the Red Death -- The pit and the pendulum -- The tell-tale heart -- The gold-bug -- The black cat -- The purloined letter -- The facts in the case of M. Valdemar -- The cask of Amontillado -- Hop-frog -- A sheaf of verse. To Helen -- To one in Paradise -- The raven -- Ulalume: a ballad -- Eldorado -- Annabel Lee -- Appendix: first printings, reprints, and translations published during Poe's lifetime

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