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This list includes all of the authors treated in Poe's "Literati" series, comprised of the following installments: "The Literati of New York City (Part I)" (Godey's Lady's Book, May 1846, reprinted in the June 1846 issue) "The Literati of New York City (Part II)" (Godey's Lady's Book, June 1846) "The Literati of New York City (Part III)" (Godey's Lady's Book, July 1846) "The Literati of New York City (Part IV)" (Godey's Lady's Book, August 1846) "The Literati of New York City (Part V)" (Godey's Lady's Book, September 1846) "The Literati of New York City (Part VI)" (Godey's Lady's Book, October 1846) "The Literati of New-York -- S. Anna Lewis"  (manuscript fragments, 1848) "The Literati of New-York -- S. Anna Lewis"  (United States Magazine and Democratic Review, August 1848) "Literary America" (manuscript material) "The Literati" (volume III of The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, 1850)

Authors in "The Literati" The authors are listed alphabetically by last name. American Authors with Dedicated Entries: Aldrich, James - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Anthon, Charles - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Bogart, Elizabeth - (No. V - Godey's, September 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Briggs, Charles F. - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846); (No. I reprint - Godey's, June 1846)  (WORKS, 1850) Brown, Thomas Dunn - (see English, Thomas Dunn) Bush, George - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846); (No. I reprint - Godey's, June 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Cary, Henry - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Cheever, George B. - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Child, Lydia M. - (No. V - Godey's, September 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Clark, Lewis Gaylord - (No. V - Godey's, September 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Colton, George H. - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846); (No. I reprint - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Cranch, Christopher Pease - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Duyckinck, Evert Augustus - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Ellet, Mrs. Elizabeth F. - (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Embury, Emma C. - (No. IV - Godey's, August 1846); (WORKS, 1850) English, Thomas Dunn - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846) -- (as "Thomas Dunn Brown") - (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Fuller, Sarah Margaret - (No. IV - Godey's, August 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Francis, John W. - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846); (No. I reprint - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Gillespie, William M. - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846); (No. I reprint - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Gove, Mary (later Mary Gove Nichols) - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Halleck, Fitz-Greene - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Hewitt, Mary E. - (No. VI - Godey's, October 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Hoffman, Charles Fenno - (No. VI - Godey's, October 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Hoyt, Ralph - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Hunt, Freeman - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Kirkland, Caroline M. - (No. IV - Godey's, August 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Kirkland, William - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846); (No. I reprint - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Lawson, James - (No. IV - Godey's, August 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Lewis, Sarah Anna - (MS fragment, 1848); (US Magazine and Democratic Review, August 1848) Locke, Richard Adams - (No. VI - Godey's, October 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Lynch, Anne C. - (No. V - Godey's, September 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Maroncelli, Piero - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Mowatt, Anna Cora - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Osborn, Laughton - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Osgood, Frances Sargent - (No. V - Godey's, September 1846); (Literary America, 1848); (WORKS, 1850) Sargent, Epes - (No. IV - Godey's, August 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Sedgwick, Catherine M. - (No. V - Godey's, September 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Stephens, Ann S. - (No. III - Godey's, July 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Verplanck, Gulian C. - (No. II - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Wetmore, Prosper M. - (No. IV - Godey's, August 1846); (WORKS, 1850) Willis, Nathaniel Parker - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846); (No. I reprint - Godey's, June 1846); (WORKS, 1850)

Authors Mentioned in Passing: Hawthorne, Nathaniel - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846 - Intro) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - (No. I - Godey's, May 1846 - Intro) (No. IV - Godey's, August 1846 - S. M. Fuller)

Notes: Many of these names, although unfamiliar to modern readers, would have been recognized by Poe's contemporaries from contributions to various periodicals of the day. A good number of these authors are documented in the extremely useful Dictionary of Literary Biography, and are so noted with a comment of DLB.   [S:0 - JAS] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Works - Misc - An Index of Authors in the Literati