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The annotated Poe, Edgar Allan Poe ; edited by Kevin J. Hayes ; with a foreword by William Giraldi

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Includes bibliographical references

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The annotated Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe ; edited by Kevin J. Hayes ; with a foreword by William Giraldi

Presents a selection of Poe's tales and poems with in-depth marginal notes elucidating his sources, obscure words and passages, and literary, biographical, and historical allusions. Edgar Allan Poe is perhaps America s most famous writer. Yet he remains misunderstood, his works easily confused with the legend of a troubled genius. In this annotated edition of tales and poems, Kevin J. Hayes debunks the Poe myth, enables a larger appreciation of Poe s career and varied achievements, and investigates his weird afterlives."

Note on the Text -- Foreword by William Giraldi -- Introduction -- Select Tales: Metzengerstein -- Manuscript Found in a Bottle -- Berenice: A Tale -- Morella -- Ligeia -- The Man That Was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign -- The Fall of the House of Usher -- William Wilson -- Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling -- The Business Man -- The Philosophy of Furniture -- The Man of the Crowd -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue -- -- A Descent into the Maelstr?m -- The Oval Portrait -- The Masque of the Red Death -- The Pit and the Pendulum -- The Tell-Tale Heart -- The Gold-Bug -- The Black Cat -- The Purloined Letter -- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar -- The Cask of the Amontillado -- Hop-Frog -- A Sheaf of Verse: To Helen -- To One in Paradise -- The Raven -- Ulalume: A Ballad -- Eldorado -- Annabelle Lee -- Appendix: First Printings, Reprints, and Translations Published during Poe?s Lifetime -- Further Reading -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments