Edgar Allan Poe — “Instinct Versus Reason — A Black Cat”

Reading copy:

• “Instinct Versus Reason — A Black Cat” — reading copy

Manuscripts and Authorized Printings:

• Text-01 — “Instinct vs Reason — A Black Cat” — 1840, no original manuscript or fragments are known to exist (but this version is presumably recorded in Text-02)
• Text-02 — “Instinct vs Reason — A Black Cat” — January 29, 1840 — Alexander’s Weekly Messenger — (Mabbott’s copy-text)

Reprints:

• None

Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:

• “Instinct vs Reason — A Black Cat” — April 1942 — Clarence S. Brigham, “Edgar Allan Poe’s Contributions to Alexander’s Weekly Messenger,” Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society  (Brigham’s full article was reprinted as a separate item in 1943, with this eassay appearing on pp. 29-32)
• “Instinct vs Reason — A Black Cat” — 1978 — The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 2: Tales and Sketches, 1831-1840, ed. T. O. Mabbott, Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press  (2:477-480)
• “Instinct vs Reason — A Black Cat” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), pp. 370-372

Instream Comparative Texts:

• None

Plain Text Files for Juxta:

• None

Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:

• “Instinct vs. Reason” — 2007 — Audio book (unabridged), read by Chris Aruffo (part of a 5-CD set)

• 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.