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Nathaniel Parker Willis

(Born: January 20, 1806 - Died: January 20, 1867)

Nathaniel Parker Willis was a popular journalist and author. He may generally be characterized as a friend of Poe.

Criticism (Texts and Variant Texts)

Review of Tortesa, The Userer

Review of Tortesa, The Usurer. A Play (July 1839, text "A" — Literary Review and Western Monthly Examiner)
Review of Tortesa, The Usurer: A Play (August 1839, text "B" — Burton's) (much shorter than the preceding text, and with almost no repetition.)
"The American Drama" (repeats much of the July 1839 review of Tortesa)

"The American Drama" (August 1845, text "A" — American Whig Review)
"Mr. Longfellow, Mr. Willis and the American Drama" (1850, text "B" — Works)

Review of Romance of Travel (?) (March 1840, text "A" — Burton's) (authorship uncertain)

"American Prose Writers, No. 2: N. P. Willis" (January 18, 1845, text "A" — Broadway Journal)

Notice from "Autography"

"Willis" ("Autography" - part II) — August 1836 — Southern Literary Messenger
"N. P. Willis" ("A Chapter on Autography" - part I) — November 1841 — Graham's Magazine

Notice from "The Literati"

"N. P. Willis" ("The Literati of New York City" - No. I) — May 1846 — Godey's Lady's Book (reprinted in the June 1846 issue)
"N. P. Willis" ("The Literati") — 1850 — WORKS

Letters

N. P. Willis to E. A. Poe - November 13, 1841

N. P. Willis to E. A. Poe - November 30, 1841

E. A. Poe to N. P. Willis - May 21, 1844 (Not in OL) (RCL#479b)

N. P. Willis to E. A. Poe - May 26 or later, 1846 (misdated by Ostrom as @ 1845)

N. P. Willis to E. A. Poe - December 23, 1846

E. A. Poe to N. P. Willis - December 30, 1846 (OL#246)

N. P. Willis to E. A. Poe - November 12, 1847 (misdated by Ostrom as 1844)

E. A. Poe to N. P. Willis - December 8, 1847 (OL#258/OS#258)

E. A. Poe to N. P. Willis - January 22, 1848 (OL#262)

E. A. Poe to N. P. Willis- April 20, 1849 (OL#310)

Forgeries

Forgery: E. A. Poe to N. P. Willis- December 7, 1849 (noted as a J. Cosey forgery by Charles Hamilton)

Forgery: E. A. Poe to N. P. Willis- August 7, 1849 (erroneously published as authentic in the new Southern Literary Messenger, August 1941)

Bibliography:

Anonymous, "Our Contributors — No. XI: Nathaniel Parker Willis," Graham's Magazine, April 1844, 25:144-148.

Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L., "Nathaniel Parker Willis," Cyclopedia of American Literature, New York: Charles Scribner, 1856, 2:438-443

Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.

Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978. (Second printing 1979)

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