Poe in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates Book

Contents

Introduction....................xi
Chronology....................xxvii
John Allan, [Letter about Poe's West Point Matriculation] (1829)....................1
Allan B. Magruder, [Letter about Poe at West Point] (1884)....................2
John P. Kennedy, [Letter about Commencement of Poe's Professional Literary Life] (1835)....................3
Thomas W. White, [Letter about Poe's Drinking and the Messenger] (1835)....................4
John P. Kennedy, [Letter about Mixed Modes in Poe's Early Tales] (1836)....................6
Edgar A. Poe, [Epistolary Response with Comment on Humor] (1836)....................7
James Kirke Paulding, [Harper's Rejection of "Tales of the Folio Club"] (1836)....................8
James Kirke Paulding, [Letter Advising Poe to Compose a Novel] (1836)....................9
Lydia H. Sigourney, [Letter Justifying Poe's Critical Practices] (1836)....................10
Edgar A. Poe, [Letter Seeking Political Appointment] (1841)....................11
Frederick W. Thomas, [Letter Encouraging Poe's Political Desires] (1841)....................12
Edgar A. Poe, [Additional Comments on Political Aspirations] (1841)....................13
Frederick W. Thomas, [Letter about Poe's Political Qualifications] (1841)....................14
[Anonymous], "Autographs" (1842)....................15
Frederick W. Thomas, [Letter about Poe's Possible Custom House Appointment] (1842)....................16
Edgar A. Poe, [Letter about Reasons for Leaving Graham's] (1842)....................18
Rufus W. Griswold, From The Poets and Poetry of America (1842)....................20
[Edgar A. Poe and Henry B. Hirst], From "Poets and Poetry of Philadelphia ..." (1843)....................23
George Lippard, "Mr. Poe's Lecture" (1843)....................41
Academicus, "For the Delaware State Journal" (1844)....................43
George Lippard, "Lecture by Mr. Poe" (1844)....................46
Edgar A. Poe, [Letter Detailing Life in New York City] (1844)....................47
Lawrence Labree, [Early Criticism of Poe's Works] (1845)....................49
Cornelia Wells Walter, From "A Failure" (1845)....................52
P., From "Edgar A. Poe" in Boston Evening Transcript (1845)....................54
[Anonymous], "Quizzing the Bostonians" (1845)....................56
[Anonymous], "Mr. Poe's Poem" (1845)....................57
M. B. Fields, From Memories of Many Men and of Some Women (1875)....................59
[Anonymous], From "Hints to Authors" (1848)....................60
[Evert A. Duyckinck], [Untitled Headnote to Reprint of "Ulalume"] (1849)....................66
[Anonymous], From "Mr. Poe's Lecture" (1849)....................67
John M. Daniel, From "Edgar A. Poe" in Semi-Weekly Examiner (1849)....................68
Joseph P. Wilson, [Note Requesting Assistance for Poe] (1849)....................70
John J. Moran, [Letter from Poe's Attending Physician] (1849)....................71
"Ludwig" [Rufus Wilmot Griswold], "Death of Edgar Allan Poe" in New York Daily Tribune (1849)....................73
[C. F. Briggs], From "Topics of the Month" (1849) 81 Maria Clemm, "To the Reader" (1850)....................84
James Russell Lowell, "Edgar A. Poe" (1850)....................86
Nathaniel P. Willis, "Death of Edgar A. Poe" (1850)....................94
Rufus Wilmot Griswold, "Memoir of the Author" (1850)....................100
Henry B. Hirst, "Edgar Allan Poe" in McMakin's Model American Courier (1849)....................154
John M. Daniel, From "Edgar Allan Poe" in Southern Literary Messenger (1850)....................159
John R. Thompson, "The Late Edgar A. Poe" in Southern Literary Messenger (1849)....................161
John R. Thompson, From "Editor's Table" (1850)....................167
[John R. Thompson], Editorial Note to "Poe on Headley and Channing" (1850)....................168
Nathaniel P. Willis, "Estimates of Edgar A. Poe" in Home Journal (1850)....................169
Anonymous, From Athenaeum (1852)....................173
"Apollodorus" [George Gilfillan], "Authors and Books. Edgar Poe." (1854)....................174
Rufus Wilmot Griswold, "Preface" to Works of the Late Edgar A. Poe (1856)....................187
William Moy Thomas, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Letter to the Editor of The Train" (1857)....................188
Bryan W. Proctor, From "Edgar Allan Poe" in Edinburgh Review (1858)....................195
[Anonymous], "Editorial Etchings" (1858)....................208
[Anonymous], From "Nathaniel Hawthorne" (1860)....................209
Mary Gove Nichols, "Reminiscences of Edgar Poe" (1863)....................210
John Frankenstein, From American Art (1864)....................217
Elizabeth Oakes Smith, "Autobiographic Notes. Edgar Allan Poe." (1867)....................219
Joseph E. Snodgrass, "The Facts of Poe's Death and Burial" (1867)....................236
Margaret E. Wilmer, "Another View of Edgar A. Poe" (1867)....................245
William Gowans, From Edgar Allan Poe (1891)....................249
John Henry Ingram, "Edgar Poe" in Temple Bar (1874)....................251
Francis Gerry Fairfield, "A Mad Man of Letters" (1875)....................266
F. R. M., From "The Poet Not an Epileptic" (1875)....................285
Sarah Helen Whitman, From "Poe, Critic, and Hobby. A Reply to Mr. Fairfield ..." (1875)....................286
[Anonymous], From [Editorial Notice of Reply to Fairfield] (1875)....................290
Francis Gerry Fairfield, From "Edgar Allan Poe. A Letter ..." (1875)....................291
Charles Frederick Briggs, From "The Personality of Poe" (1877)....................294
Bibliography....................301
Index....................305