Text-01 — “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1839-1840, no original manuscript or
fragments are known to exist (but this version is presumably recorded in Text-02)
Text-02 — “The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1840 — Burton’s —
(Mabbott/Pollin text A) (This is the Mabbott/Pollin copy-text)
“[[The Journal of Julius Rodman - Chapters VII-XII]]” — (according to an editorial note on
the cover of the issue of January 1840, there were to be 12 installments of the story. The series was discontinued after
Poe’s split with W. E. Burton, and there is no evidence that any of the material was written after chapter 6.)
Reprints:
“The Journal of Julius Rodman” (brief excerpts) — November 3, 1877 — Mirror of
Literature (London), vol. I, no. 1, pp. 9-10 (A clipping of this rare item is in the Ingram collection at U. of
VA.)
“The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1884 — Works (Ingram) (Ingram was the first to
reprint the full text, dropping the illustration of the Indian and the text that drew attention to it. It was first included, in
vol. IV on pages 3-90, in the 1884 edition, then called Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe.)
Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:
“The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1894-1895 — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 5:
Tales, ed. G. E. Woodberry and E. C. Stedman, Chicago: Stone and Kimball (5:255-351, and 5:359-361) (This is the first
American reprint of the story, using Ingram’s text.)
“The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol.
4: Tales III, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (4:9-101, and 4:277-278)
“The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1981 — The Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe,
vol 1.: The Imaginary Voyages, ed. B. R. Pollin, Boston: Twayne Publishers (1:507-653).
“The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales,
Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), pp. 1183-1255
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Comparative Texts:
Instream Comparative Texts:
None.
Plain Text Files for Juxta:
None.
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Associated Material and Special Versions:
Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:
“Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — 1882 — Contes Grotesques par Edgar Poe, Paris:
Paul Ollendorff, pp. 169-200 (French translation by Émile Hennequin of three long extracts, from chapters 3-5, with linking
commentary and summaries by the translator. Hennequin follows Ingram in omitting the woodcut illustration of the Indian and the
sentence which refers to it.)
“Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — (French translation of the complete text, as much as Poe
published, by M. D. Calvocoressi)
“Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — April 16-May 1, 1913 — Le Mercure de France
(Paris)
“Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — part I — April 16, 1913
“Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — part II — May 1, 1913
“Le Journal de Julius Rodman” — 1914 — Edgar Poe: Histories étranges et
Merrveilleuses, Paris: Mercure de France (proceeded by an introduction by the translator)
“The Journal of Julius Rodman” — 2009 — Audio book (unabridged), read by Chris Aruffo (part of a 6-CD set)
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Bibliography:
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Amerikastudien/American Studies, 1995, 40:553-573
Clarke, Lewis Gaylord, [review of “Poe’s Journal of Julius Rodman”], Knickerbocker
(August 18, 1838), 12:167.
Crawford, Polly R., “Lewis-Clark’s Expedition as a Source of Poe’s ‘The Journal
of Julius Rodman’,” University of Texas Studies in English (1932), 12:158-170.
Farrell, Grace, “Dream Texts: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and the Journal of Julius
Rodman,” in Companion to Poe Studies, ed. Eric W. Carlson, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996, pp. 209-235
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Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
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Gentleman’s Magazine,” Magazine of American History (March 1891), 25:255-256
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(Including The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, The Unparalled Adventure of one Hans Pfaall and The Journal of
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Nineteenth Century Fiction (1972), 27:317-338.
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Texas Studies in English (1930), 10:147-151.
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American Literature (March 1936), 8:69-70.
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