A Dream Within a Dream: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe Book

List of Illustrations 11

1 The Fever Called 'Living' 13

2 Yours Affectionately 24

3 I Am at Present a Soldier 42

4 Descent Into the Maelstrom 69

5 The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. 85

6 'You Speak of Enemies' 109

7 In Search of Eldorado 124

8 'You Must Get Afloat by Yourself, Poe' 133

9 The Valley of Unrest 144

10 Once Upon a Midnight Dreary 160

11 'At Least the Prospects are Good' 177

12 The Man That Was Used Up 203

13 Eureka 218

14 'Whose heart-strings are a Lute' 232

15 A Dream Within a Dream 248

16 'My Dear Griswold...' 266

Notes 283

Bibliography 295

Appendix 1 Transcripts of Poe's Letters and Verse 299

Appendix 2 Chronological Table of Poe's Writings 303

Index 335