Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending RemembranceHarperCollins Publishers, 1991 - 564 pages Silverman offers a definitive look at the turbulent, controversial, and colorful life of Edgar Allan Poe--the inventor of the mystery and horror genres of fiction--from his troubled beginnings as an adopted child in Virginia to his career as a journalist, editor, and writer. PBS will air a documentary on Poe in November. Photographs. |
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Page 349
... Helen still wished the poem to appear , she would ask someone to " have it done . ” Apparently Helen persisted , for a week later her " To Edgar A. Poe " also appeared in the Home Journal . That Helen had meant to make herself known to ...
... Helen still wished the poem to appear , she would ask someone to " have it done . ” Apparently Helen persisted , for a week later her " To Edgar A. Poe " also appeared in the Home Journal . That Helen had meant to make herself known to ...
Page 354
... Helen pronounced her . He visited Helen around mid - July , looking not more than thirty , she remembered , and “ very handsome , " although in fact his health at about this time had taken a bad turn : rarely leaving his rooms at New ...
... Helen pronounced her . He visited Helen around mid - July , looking not more than thirty , she remembered , and “ very handsome , " although in fact his health at about this time had taken a bad turn : rarely leaving his rooms at New ...
Page 377
... Helen's mother stridently opposed the marriage . She more than once said in Poe's presence , Helen recalled , " that my death would not be regarded by her so great an evil as my marriage under circumstances of such ominous import ...
... Helen's mother stridently opposed the marriage . She more than once said in Poe's presence , Helen recalled , " that my death would not be regarded by her so great an evil as my marriage under circumstances of such ominous import ...
Contents
Richmond John and Fanny Allan | 9 |
London The Fall of the House of Allan and Ellis | 15 |
Writings in the Southern Literary Messenger | 109 |
Copyright | |
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