Some of the following items are, unfortunately, no longer in print. Most should be
available at any good college or university library. None of these items are
available through the Poe Society. To find items that are still in print, please
check with your local bookstore.
- Canny, James R. and Charles F. Heartman, A Bibliography of
the First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe; Hattiesburg, Miss.:
The Book Farm, 1943 (Reprinted, Millwood, New York: Kraus Reprint Co., and also by
others) (The best, though by no means definitive, compilation of information on
Poe first printings and early reprints.)
- Carlson, Eric W., ed., A Companion to Poe
Studies, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996. (A useful collection
of 25 original essays by leading Poe scholars, commenting on Poe’s life,
works, art, thoughts and significance in world literarture.)
- Dameron, J. Lasley and Irby B. Cauthen, Jr., Edgar Allan
Poe: A Bibliography of Criticism, 1827 - 1967; Charlottesville: University
Press of Virginia (for The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia),
1974. (This bibliography has been continued in the publication Poe
Studies.)
- Deas, Michael J., The Portraits and Daguerreotypes of Edgar
Allan Poe; Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989. (Issued in
both hard and paper back editions, but both long out of print.)
- The Edgar Allan Poe Review, Poe Studies Association.
Vols. 1 - 6. (2000 - 2008. One of two scholarly periodicals dedicated to studies
of Edgar Allan Poe and his works. Issued in Spring and Fall of each year. Some
back issues are available from the PSA. Some older issues are available in PDF
form through the PSA website.)
- Harrison, James A[lbert]., ed, The Complete Works of Edgar
Allan Poe, 17 vols, New York: T. Crowell, 1902. (Reprinted by New York: AMS
Press, 1965.) (This edition is far from complete, but contains the majority of
Poe’s most significant writings. It also contains several items that
have since been identified as not being by Poe.)
- Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed, The Collected Works of Edgar
Allan Poe; (Vols 1 - Poems, Vols 2 & 3 - Tales and
Sketches) Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Vol. 1 - 1969 (Second printing 1979), Vols 2-3 - 1978 (Second printing 1979).
(This is the definitive collection of Poe’s works, continued by Burton
Pollin. All three volumes were reissued in paperback by the University of Illinois
Press in 2000.)
- Ostrom, John Ward, Burton R. Pollin and Jeffrey A. Savoye,
eds., The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe (third edition), New York:
Gordian Press, 2008; 2 vols. (Originally The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe,
ed. John Ward Ostrom; 2 Vols. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1948.
Reprinted with a supplement, New York: Gordian Press, 1966.) (The definitive
collection of Poe’s letters. The third edition is heavily revised, and
features an exhaustive subject index.)
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Poe Studies, Pullman, Washington 99164-5910: Washington State University
Press, Cooper Publications Building, Washington State University. Vols 1 - 36.
(1967 - 2003. The second, but older, scholarly periodical dedicated to studies of
Edgar Allan Poe and his works. Issued rather erratically, but intended to be twice
yearly. Recent issues have been double volumes, comprising a full year. Some back
issues are available from the University.)
- Pollin, Burton R., ed., The Collected Writings of Edgar
Allan Poe (Vol 1 - The Imaginary Voyages: Pym, Hans Pfaall, Julius
Rodman; Vol 2 - The Brevities: Pinakidia, Marginalia and Other Works;
Vol 3 - The Broadway Journal, Non-fictional Prose, Part I: Text; Vol 4 -
The Broadway Journal, Non-fictional Prose, Part II: Annotations; Vol 5 -
Writings in the Southern Literary Messenger), Vol 1 - Boston: Twayne
Publishers, 1981, reprinted by Goridan Press. Vol 2-5 - New York: Gordian Press,
1985, 1986 and 1997.
- Quinn, A. Hobson, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical
Biography; New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1941 (Reprinted - New York: Cooper
Square, 1969 and again, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.) (In
spite of decades of careful scholarship, this is still the most useful, reliable
and fair biography of Poe. A paperback edition was issued by Johns Hopkins
University Press in 1997.)
- Quinn, Patrick F., ed.,
Poetry and Tales, New York: The Library of America, 1978. (Not absolutely
complete, but a very good basic collection. There are some errors in the
text.)
- Silverman, Kenneth, Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending
Remembrance; New York, 1991. (Although this interesting biography is quite
popular, it has been much derided in academic Poe circles. It has much to offer,
but suffers badly from a deep bias against Poe, a silly preoccupation with
discredited psycho-analytical approaches, a convenient over-simplification of the
subject matter and an inadequate identification in the text of its rather
selective sources. Read it if you must, but take what it offers with large doses
of skepticism. The footnoting style is particularly annoying.)
- Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log: a
Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe, 1809 - 1849; Boston: G.K. Hall
& Co., 1987 (Notes about Poe’s life arranged in chronological
order. An excellent and virtually exhaustive resource, essential for any Poe
research. Available in both hard and paper back editions, although long out of
print.)
- Thompson, G. Richard, ed., Essays and Reviews, New
York: The Library of America, 1984. (A good basic collection.)
- Woodberry, George E. and Edmund Clarence Stedman, eds., The
Works of Edgar Allan Poe, 10 vols, Chicago, 1894-1896.