LEADER 05343nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910825730203321 005 20240516112817.0 010 $a1-58729-932-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000053823 035 $a(EBL)843264 035 $a(OCoLC)699521305 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472153 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11318765 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472153 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10429327 035 $a(PQKB)10572594 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843264 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2972 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843264 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10436214 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000053823 100 $a20091113d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPoe in his own time $ea biographical chronicle of his life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates /$fedited by Benjamin F. Fisher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (354 p.) 225 1 $aWriters in their own time 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-863-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; Chronology; [Letter about Poe's West Point Matriculation] (1829); [Letter about Poe at West Point] (1884); [Letter about Commencement of Poe's Professional Literary Life] (1835); [Letter about Poe's Drinking and the Messenger] (1835); [Letter about Mixed Modesin Poe's Early Tales] (1836); [Epistolary Response with Comment on Humor] (1836); [Harper's Rejection of "Tales of the Folio Club"] (1836); [Letter Advising Poe to Compose a Novel] (1836); [Letter Justifying Poe's Critical Practices] (1836); [Letter Seeking Political Appointment] (1841) 327 $a[Letter Encouraging Poe's Political Desires] (1841)[Additional Comments on Political Aspirations]; [Letter about Poe's Political Qualifications] (1841); "Autographs" (1842); [Letter about Poe's Possible Custom House Appointment] (1842); [Letter about Reasons for Leaving Graham's] (1842); From The Poets and Poetry of America (1842); From "Poets and Poetry of Philadelphia . . ." (1843); "Mr. Poe's Lecture" (1843); "For the Delaware State Journal" (1844); "Lecture by Mr. Poe" (1844); [Letter Detailing Life in New York City] (1844); [Early Criticism of Poe's Works] (1845); From "A Failure" (1845) 327 $aFrom "Edgar A. Poe" in Boston Evening Transcript (1845)"Quizzing the Bostonians" (1845); "Mr. Poe's Poem" (1845); From Memories of Many Menand of Some Women (1875); From "Hints to Authors" (1848); [Untitled Headnote to Reprint of "Ulalume"] (1849); From "Mr. Poe's Lecture" (1849); From "Edgar A. Poe" in Semi-Weekly Examiner (1849); [Note Requesting Assistance for Poe] (1849); [Letter from Poe's Attending Physician] (1849); "Death of Edgar Allan Poe" in New York Daily Tribune (1849); From "Topics of the Month" (1849); "To the Reader" (1850); "Edgar A. Poe" (1850) 327 $a"Death of Edgar A. Poe" (1850)"Memoir of the Author" (1850); "Edgar Allan Poe" in McMakin's Model American Courier (1849); From "Edgar Allan Poe" in Southern Literary Messenger (1850); "The Late Edgar A. Poe" in Southern Literary Messenger (1849); From "Editor's Table" (1850); Editorial Note to "Poe on Headley and Channing" (1850); "Estimates of Edgar A. Poe" in Home Journal (1850); From Athenaeum (1852); "Authors and Books. Edgar Poe." (1854); "Preface" to Works of the Late Edgar A. Poe (1856); "Edgar Allan Poe: A Letter to the Editor of The Train" (1857) 327 $aFrom "Edgar Allan Poe" in Edinburgh Review (1858)"Editorial Etchings" (1858); From "Nathaniel Hawthorne" (1860); "Reminiscences of Edgar Poe" (1863); From American Art (1864); "Autobiographic Notes. Edgar Allan Poe." (1867); "The Facts of Poe's Death and Burial" (1867); "Another View of Edgar A. Poe" (1867); From Edgar Allan Poe (1891); "Edgar Poe" in Temple Bar (1874); "A Mad Man of Letters" (1875); From "The Poet Not an Epileptic" (1875); From "Poe, Critic, and Hobby. A Reply to Mr. Fairfield . . ." (1875); From [Editorial Notice of Reply to Fairfield] (1875) 327 $aFrom "Edgar Allan Poe. A Letter . . ." (1875) 330 $aNoted Poe scholar Benjamin Fisher includes a comprehensive introduction and a detailed chronology of Poe's sadly short life; each entry is introduced by a short headnote that places the selection in historical and cultural context, and explanatory notes provide information about people and places. From John Allan's letter to Secretary of War John Eaton about Poe's West Point life to John Frankenstein's hostile verse casting him as an alcoholic, from Rufus Griswold's first and second posthumous vilifications to James Russell Lowell's more sensible outline of his life and career, from scornful t 410 0$aWriters in their own time (University of Iowa Press) 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a818/.309 676 $aB 701 $aFisher$b Benjamin Franklin$01714872 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825730203321 996 $aPoe in his own time$94109027 997 $aUNINA