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Edgar Allan Poe (American Men and Women of Letters Series)
Published in Paperback by Chelsea House Publishing (1980)
Author: George Edward Woodberry
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Insulting
This book is shallow, judgemental, poorly researched and an insult to any the intelligence of any thinking person. There are some marvelous biographies about Edgar Allan Poe (The one by pulitzer prive winning biographer, Kenneth Silverman, is the best.) To call this a STUDY guide is absurd. It's a slanted, bias, narrow minded piece of propoganda.

Somewhat slanted, but still worthwhile
Harold Bloom has assembled a slim volume of literary criticism on Edgar Allan Poe. Bloom's introductory essay on Poe and his critics is interesting and informative but takes a harsh slant against Poe's literary merit. Not surprisingly, a number of the essays side with Bloom.

The great majority of the essays were written by esteemed Poe scholars, poets and novelists. D.H. Lawrence's essay contains a number of factual inaccuracies and is gratuitously offensive. Allen Tate's essay "The Angelic Imagination" is very good, as is Richard Wilbur's "House of Poe."

What surprised me most is the pausity of references to Poe's metaphysics, mysticism and hidden meaning. Harold Bloom has written at least 3 books on gnosticism and gnosis in American religion and literature. In at least one of those books, he called Poe a "representative American gnostic." Ironically, Bloom more or less pretends in this book that Poe's works have no meaning or message whatsoever and that Poe wrote only for effect. There are a number of essays which focus on Poe's metaphysics. Take a look at those collected in Eric W. Carlson's book, Critical Essays on Edgar Allan Poe.

good
a pretty good book. it's definently a good read for those interested in poe.


America in Literature
Published in Paperback by Irvington Pub (1986)
Author: George Edward Woodberry
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George Edward Woodberry, 1855-1930 : an appreciation
Published in Unknown Binding by Norwood Editions ()
Author: John Erskine
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George Edward Woodberry, 1855-1930; an appreciation. A list of writings by and about him
Published in Unknown Binding by Folcroft Library Editions ()
Author: John Erskine
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Heart of man, and other papers
Published in Unknown Binding by Books for Libraries Press ()
Author: George Edward Woodberry
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Life Of Edgar Allan Poe, Personal And Literary, The ( 2 Volumes ) (BCL1-PS American Literature)
Published in Library Binding by Reprint Services Corp (1909)
Author: George Edward Woodberry
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Literary essays,
Published in Hardcover by Classic Books (1920)
Author: George Edward, Woodberry
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Literary Memoirs Of The Nineteenth Century
Published in Library Binding by Reprint Services Corp (1921)
Author: George Edward Woodberry
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Makers of literature; being essays on Shelley, Landor, Browning, Byron, Arnold, Coleridge, Lowell, Whittier, and others
Published in Unknown Binding by Books for Libraries Press ()
Author: George Edward Woodberry
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Published in Paperback by Chelsea House Publishing (1981)
Author: George Edward Woodberry
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