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A dream within a dream, the life of Edgar Allan Poe, Nigel Barnes

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

individual biography

illustrationsplates

index present

non fiction

A dream within a dream

bibliography

Nigel Barnes

the life of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe's life-long correspondence with friends and family, detractors and critics has been collected and published previously in a two-volume academic edition. But Nigel Barnes's immensely readable new biography is the first to incorporate a generous selection of the letters in sucha way that they illuminate the New England author's story and help shine a light into the shadowy corners of his life that have hitherto been shrouded in mystery and legend

The fever called "living" -- Yours affectionately -- I am at present a soldier -- Descent into the maelstrom -- The literary life of Thingum Bob, Esq. -- "You speak of enemies" -- In search of Eldorado -- "You must get afloat of yourself, Poe" -- The valley of unrest -- Once upon a midnight dreary -- "At least the prospects are good" -- The man that was used up -- Eureka -- "Whose heart-strings are a lute" -- A dream within a dream -- "My dear Griswold ..." -- Transcripts of Poe's letters and verse -- Chronological table of Poe's writings