Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe

This updated, expanded, and reorganized edition of Edgar Allan Poe A to Z, winner of the 2002 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work, contains extensive new material, including all-new commentary sections on Poe's major stories, poems, and essays. Coverage includes: A concise but thorough biography of Poe, Synopses and critical assessments of Poe's works, including poems, stories, and critical essays, Descriptions of Poe's fictional characters, from C. Auguste Dupin to Montresor, Entries on people, places, publications, and concepts important to the understanding of Poe's work, including discussions of Poe's influence on Baudelaire and other French poets, Appendixes, including a chronology, bibliography, and list of major Poe research collections. Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe is an authoritative reference to this unique American genius.

Aboutthe Author:
Dawn B. Sova is an adjunct professor of English at Montclair State University