Edgar Allan Poe

by Kevin J. Hayes

Overview

This is a fresh, up-to-date, critical reappraisal of the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781861897060
Publisher:	Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date:	06/16/2011
Series:	Critical Lives
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Kevin J. Hayes is a professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma. His previous books include Poe and the Printed Word,The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe,and The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 The Contest

2 The Birth of a Poet

3 The Gothic Woman

4 Making a Name

5 From Peeping Tom to Detective

6 The Tourist’s Gaze

7 The Narrow House

8 The Most Noble of Professions

References

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Photo Acknowledgements

Editorial Reviews

"This [book] fills the significant need for a well-researched, short biography of Edgar Allan Poe that is useful to both scholars and general readers. . . . Hayes has produced an excellent short biography that students, scholars, and Poe's many fans will all find to be an accurate and illuminating introduction to the author's life and work."

Virginia Magazine - Yvette R. Piggush