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The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing.^[1] These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement, a literary reaction to Transcendentalism.^[2] Poe's writing reflects his literary theories: he disagreed with didacticism^[3] and allegory.^[4] Meaning in literature, he said in his criticism, should be an undercurrent just beneath the surface; works whose meanings are too obvious cease to be art.^[5] Poe pursued originality in his works, and disliked proverbs.^[6] He often included elements of popular pseudosciences such as phrenology^[7] and physiognomy.^[8] His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning.^[9] Though known as a masterly practitioner of Gothic fiction, Poe did not invent the genre; he was following a long-standing popular tradition.^[10]

Poe's literary career began in 1827 with the release of 50 copies of Tamerlane and Other Poems credited only to "a Bostonian", a collection of early poems that received virtually no attention.^[11] In December 1829, Poe released Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems in Baltimore^[12] before delving into short stories for the first time with "Metzengerstein" in 1832.^[13] His most successful and most widely read prose during his lifetime was "The Gold-Bug",^[14] which earned him a $100 prize, the most money he received for a single work.^[15] One of his most important works, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", was published in 1841 and is today considered the first modern detective story.^[16] Poe called it a "tale of ratiocination".^[1] Poe became a household name with the publication of "The Raven" in 1845,^[17] though it was not a financial success.^[18] The publishing industry at the time was a difficult career choice and much of Poe's work was written using themes specifically catered for mass market tastes.^[19]

Poetry

Tales

Other works

Essays

Eureka: A Prose Poem (1848)

• "Maelzel's Chess Player" (April 1836 – Southern Literary Messenger)^[108]
• "The Philosophy of Furniture" (May 1840 – Burton's Gentleman's Magazine)^[109]
• "A Few Words on Secret Writing" (July 1841 – Graham's Magazine)^[110]
• "Morning on the Wissahiccon" (1844 – The Opal)^[89]
• "The Balloon-Hoax" (April 13, 1844) — A newspaper article that was actually a journalistic hoax^[111]
• "The Philosophy of Composition" (April 1846 – Graham's Magazine)^[57]
• "Eureka: A Prose Poem" (March 1848 – Wiley & Putnam)^[112]
• "The Rationale of Verse" (October 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger)^[113]
• "The Poetic Principle" (December 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger)^[57]

Novels

• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (First two installments, January/February 1837 – Southern Literary Messenger, issued as complete novel in July 1838)^[114]
• The Journal of Julius Rodman (First six installments, January–June 1840 – Burton's Gentleman's Magazine) — Incomplete^[115]

Plays

• Politian (Two installments, December 1835–January 1836 – Southern Literary Messenger) — Incomplete

Other

• The Conchologist's First Book (1839) — A textbook on sea shells to which Poe lent his name as author, though he did not write it^[70]
• The Light-House (1849, never published in Poe's lifetime) — An incomplete work that may have been intended to be a short story or a novel^[116]

Collections

Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827)

Please note that this list of collections refers only to those printed during Poe's lifetime with his permission. Modern anthologies are not included.

• Tamerlane and Other Poems (credited by "a Bostonian") (1827)^[23]
• Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems (1829)^[23]
• Poems (1831, printed as "second edition")^[117]
• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (December 1839)^[118]
• The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe (1843)^[119]
• Tales (1845, Wiley & Putnam)^[120]
• The Raven and Other Poems (1845, Wiley & Putnam)^[121]

References

Notes

Sources

• Fisher, Benjamin Franklin IV (2002). "Poe and the Gothic Tradition". In Hayes, Keven J. The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–91. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521793262.006. ISBN 978-0-521-79727-6. 
• Foye, Raymond (editor) (1980). The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings by Edgar Allan Poe. San Francisco: City Lights Books. ISBN 978-0-87286-110-7. 
• Grayson, Eric (2005). "Weird Science, Weirder Unity: Phrenology and Physiognomy in Edgar Allan Poe". Mode 1: 56–77. Retrieved 2011-12-28. 
• Hayes, Kevin J. (2002). "Visual Culture and the Word in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Man of the Crowd'". Nineteenth-Century Literature 56 (4): 445–465. doi:10.1525/ncl.2002.56.4.445. 
• Hoffman, Daniel (1998) [1972]. Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2321-8. 
• Hubbell, Jay B. (1945). "'O, Tempora! O, Mores!' A Juvenile Poem by Edgar Allan Poe". Studies in the Humanities, Series B (University of Colorado Studies) 2 (4): 314–321. Retrieved 2011-12-28. 
• Hungerford, Edward (1930). "Poe and Phrenology". American Literature 1: 209–231. doi:10.2307/2920231. 
• Kagle, Steven E. (1990). "The Corpse Within Us". In Fisher, Benjamin Franklin IV. Poe and His Times: The Artist and His Milieu. Baltimore: The Edgar Allan Poe Society. ISBN 978-0-9616449-2-5. 
• Kennedy, J. Gerald (1987). Poe, Death, and the Life of Writing. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-03773-9. 
• Koster, Donald N. (2002). "Influences of Transcendentalism on American Life and Literature". In Galens, David. Literary Movements for Students Vol. 1. Detroit: Thompson Gale. 
• Krutch, Joseph Wood (1926). Edgar Allan Poe: A Study in Genius. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.  (1992 reprint: ISBN 978-0-7812-6835-6)
• Meyers, Jeffrey (1992). Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy (Paperback ed.). New York: Cooper Square Press. ISBN 978-0-8154-1038-6. 
• Ostram, John Ward (1987). "Poe's Literary Labors and Rewards". In Fisher, Benjamin Franklin IV. Myths and Reality: The Mysterious Mr. Poe. Baltimore: The Edgar Allan Poe Society. pp. 37–47. 
• Poe, Edgar Allan (November 1847). "Tale-Writing—Nathaniel Hawthorne". Godey's Ladies Book: 252–256. Retrieved 2011-12-28. 
• Quinn, Arthur Hobson (1998). Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5730-0. 
• Rosenheim, Shawn James (1997). The Cryptographic Imagination: Secret Writing from Edgar Poe to the Internet. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5332-6. 
• Sherer, Daniel. “Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Philosophy of Furniture (1840),”PIN-UP Magazine 15 (Nov. 2013), 166-72.
• Silverman, Kenneth (1991). Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance (Paperback ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0-06-092331-0. 
• Sova, Dawn B. (2001). Edgar Allan Poe A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (Paperback ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. ISBN 978-0-8160-4161-9. 
• Whalen, Terance (2001). "Poe and the American Publishing Industry". In Kennedy, J. Gerald. A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512150-6. 
• Wilbur, Richard (1967). "The House of Poe". In Regan, Robert. Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-13-684963-6. 

External links

Wikisource has original works written by or about: Edgar Allan Poe

• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe at the Edgar Allan Poe Society online — includes multiple versions of fiction, essays, criticisms
• Complete list of Poe's contributions to various journals and magazines at bartleby.com
• Works by or about Edgar Allan Poe at Internet Archive
• Works by or about Edgar Allan Poe in libraries (WorldCat catalog)