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Some
of the
following items are, unfortunately, no
longer in print.
Most
should be available at any good college or university library. None of
these items are available through the Poe Society. To find items that
are
still in print, please check with your local bookstore.
- Canny, James R. and Charles F. Heartman, A
Bibliography of
the
First
Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe; Hattiesburg, Miss.:
The
Book Farm, 1943 (Reprinted, Millwood, New York: Kraus Reprint Co., and
also by others) (The
best, though by no means definitive, compilation of information on Poe
first printings and early reprints.)
- Carlson, Eric W., ed., A Companion to Poe
Studies,
Westport,
Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996. (A useful collection of 25 original
essays by leading Poe scholars, commenting on Poe's life, works, art,
thoughts
and significance in world literarture.)
- Dameron, J. Lasley and Irby B. Cauthen, Jr., Edgar
Allan Poe:
A
Bibliography
of Criticism, 1827 - 1967; Charlottesville: University Press of
Virginia
(for The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia), 1974.
(This bibliography has been continued in the publication Poe Studies.)
- Deas, Michael J., The Portraits and
Daguerreotypes of Edgar
Allan
Poe;
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989. (Issued in both
hard and paper back editions, but both long out of print.)
- The Edgar Allan Poe
Review,
Poe Studies Association. Vols. 1 - 6. (2000 - 2005. One of two
scholarly periodicals dedicated to studies of Edgar Allan Poe and his
works. Issued in Spring and Fall of each year. Some back issues are
available from the PSA. Some older issues are available in PDF form
through the PSA website.)
- Harrison, James A[lbert]., ed, The Complete Works
of Edgar
Allan Poe,
17 vols, New York: T. Crowell, 1902. (Reprinted by New York: AMS Press,
1965.) (This edition is far from complete, but contains the majority of
Poe's most significant writings. It also contains several items that
have
since been identified as not being by Poe.)
- Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed, The Collected Works
of Edgar
Allan Poe;
(Vols 1 - Poems, Vols 2 & 3 - Tales and Sketches)
Cambridge,
Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Vol. 1 - 1969
(Second
printing 1979), Vols 2-3 - 1978 (Second printing 1979). (This is the
definitive
collection of Poe's works, continued by Burton Pollin. All three
volumes were reissued in paperback by the University of Illinois Press
in 2000.)
- Ostrom, John Ward, ed, The Letters of Edgar Allan
Poe; 2
Vols.
Cambridge,
Mass: Harvard University Press, 1948. (Reprinted with a supplement, New
York: Gordian Press, 1966.) (The definitive collection of Poe's
letters. A new, heavily revised edition is in preparation, hopefully
for publication in Spring or Summer of 2007.)
- Poe Studies, Pullman, Washington 99164-5910:
Washington
State University
Press, Cooper Publications Building, Washington State University. Vols
1 - 36. (1967 - 2003. The second, but older, scholarly periodical
dedicated to studies
of Edgar Allan Poe and his works. Issued rather erratically, but
intended
to be twice yearly. Recent issues have been double volumes, comprising
a full year. Some back issues are available from the University.)
- Pollin, Burton R., ed., The Collected Writings of
Edgar Allan
Poe
(Vol 1 - The Imaginary Voyages: Pym, Hans Pfaall, Julius Rodman;
Vol 2 - The Brevities: Pinakidia, Marginalia and Other Works;
Vol
3 - The Broadway Journal, Non-fictional Prose, Part I: Text;
Vol
4 - The Broadway Journal, Non-fictional Prose, Part II: Annotations;
Vol 5 - Writings in the Southern Literary Messenger), Vol 1 -
Boston:
Twayne Publishers, 1981, reprinted by Goridan Press. Vol 2-5 - New
York:
Gordian Press, 1985, 1986 and 1997.
- Quinn, A. Hobson, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical
Biography;
New
York:
D. Appleton-Century, 1941 (Reprinted - New York: Cooper Square, 1969
and
again, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.) (In spite
of decades of careful scholarship, this is still the most useful,
reliable
and fair biography of Poe. A paperback edition was issued by Johns
Hopkins University Press in 1997.)
- Quinn, Patrick F., ed., Poetry and Tales,
New
York: The
Library
of America, 1978. (Not absolutely complete, but a very good basic
collection.
There are some errors in the text.)
- Silverman, Kenneth, Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and
Never-ending
Remembrance;
New York, 1991. (Although this interesting biography is quite popular,
it has been much derided in academic Poe circles. It has much to offer,
but suffers badly from a deep bias against Poe, a silly preoccupation
with
discredited psycho-analytical approaches, a convenient
over-simplification
of the subject matter and an inadequate identification in the text of
its
rather selective sources. Read it if you must, but take what it offers
with large doses of skepticism. The footnoting style is particularly
annoying.)
- Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log:
a
Documentary
Life
of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849; Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1987
(Notes about Poe's life arranged in chronological order. An excellent
and
virtually exhaustive resource, essential for any Poe research.
Available in both hard and paper back editions, although long out of
print.)
- Thompson, G. Richard, ed., Essays and Reviews,
New York:
The
Library
of America, 1984. (A good basic collection.)
- Woodberry, George E. and Edmund Clarence Stedman,
eds., The
Works
of
Edgar Allan Poe, 10 vols, Chicago, 1894-1896.
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