Poe Hutchisson Paperback MP–MPP University Press of Mississippi 9781496858627

PoeAuthor(s): James M. Hutchisson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496858627, 978-1496858627\nSynopsis\nEdgar Allan Poe [tel] was an American originala luminous literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst par excellence of human obsession and compulsion. The scope of his literary achievements and the dramatic character of Poes life have drawn readers and critics to him in droves.\n\n And yet, upon his death, one obituary penned by a literary enemy in the New York Daily Tribune cascaded into a lasting stain on Poes character, leaving a historic misunderstanding. Many remember Poe as a difficult, self-pitying, troubled drunkard often incapable of caring for himself.\n\n Poe reclaims the Baltimore and Virginia writers reputation and power, retracing Poes life and career. Biographer and critic James M. Hutchisson captures the boisterous worlds of literary New York and Philadelphi.