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Selections from Poe Society Lectures

The Poe Society of Baltimore has sponsored an annual commemorative lecture since 1923. As such, it is one of the most prestigious and the longest continuous lecture series devoted to the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. Over these many decades, the Poe Society has been addressed by nearly all of the most important scholars of this century, including Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Killis Campbell, Arthur Hobson Quinn, John W. Ostrom, Floyd Stovall, Burton R. Pollin and many others. From time to time, some of these lectures were published, others have been retained only in manuscript and still others are lost or lingering unnoticed in some archive or attic.

It should be noted that information and views expressed in these lectures reflect the research and opinions of the authors.

Published Lectures, In-Print

A number of our published lectures are still available in print:

Current Poe Society Publications

Published Lectures, Out-of-Print

This selection is comprised of published lectures which are now out-of-print. They are listed here chronologically:

Poe's Baltimore (Lawrence C. Wroth, 1929)

Poe in the Light of Literary History (Edwin Greenlaw, 1930)

Poe Backgrounds (Letitia Stockett, 1931)

A Proud Tower in the Town (Gerald W. Johnson, 1937)

In His Own Country (John C. French, 1939)

Poe in Foreign Lands and Tongues (A symposium, edited by John C. French, 1941.)

"Poe in France" (Jeanne Rosselet)
"Poe in Russia" (Lubov Keefer)
"Poe in Germany" (Herbert Schaumann)
"Poe in Spain and Spanish America" (Pedro Salinas)

The Schools and the Memory of Poe (Una Corbett, 1956)

The Influence and Reputation of Poe in Europe (William T. Bandy, 1959)

Poe and France: The Last Twenty Years (Patrick F. Quinn, 1969)

The Courage of Critic: Edgar Poe as Editor (Robert D. Jacobs, 1970)

Poe on the Soul of Man (Eric W. Carlson, 1972)

Poe, Creator of Words (Burton R. Pollin, 1973, supplemented in 1980, 1983, 1989 and 1994, etc.)

The Very Spirit of Cordiality (Benjamin F. Fisher IV, 1977)

"Bedlam Patterns": Love and the Idea of Madness in Poe's Fiction (Richard P. Benton, 1978)

Manuscript Lectures, not published

This selection is comprised of lectures which, for one reason or another, were never published. Copies of these manuscripts have been retained in our archives. They are listed here chronologically:

The Supernatural in Edgar Allan Poe (Richard Hart, 1936)

The Achievement of Edgar Allan Poe (Floyd Stovall, 1958)

Poe and Irving: Narrative as Hoax (William L. Hedges, 1962)

The Anatomy of Poe's Comic Tales (John Portz, 1963)

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