Edgar Allan Poe is a popular author, and students have often read
his work by the time they reach the college or university
classroom. His writings have inspired film, television, and musical
adaptations--sources for much of students' knowledge about Poe.
Thus the challenge for teachers is to reacquaint students with Poe
as a complex literary figure. This volume equips teachers with the
tools necessary to meet that challenge.
Part 1 identifies the most frequently taught Poe texts, reviews
useful editions of his work, and suggests secondary sources on Poe
as well as television, film, music, and Web materials for use in
the classroom. Essays in part 2 explore the relation between Poe's
writing and his biography, including his attitudes toward racial
difference and plagiarism and his wide publication in the literary
magazines of his time. Contributors consider the range of Poe's
writings, from his horror stories to his analytic essays and tales
of ratiocination; his work is also compared with that of Stephen
King, Alfred Hitchcock, and graphic novelists. Other essays assess
the usefulness of theoretical approaches to Poe, especially
psychoanalytic ones, and discuss the controversies concerning the
literary merit of his work. Together, these essays bring to life
the political, philosophical, and religious context in which Poe
wrote.
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