Text: Timothy O. Porter, “[Review of Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque],” The Corsair (New York, NY), vol. I, no. 41, December 21, 1839, p. 653, col. 1

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TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND ARABESQUE — By Edgar A. Poe: 2 Vols. Lea & Blanchard: for sale by Wiley & Putnam.

We have skimmed over the surface of these volumes and found them possessed of a fair claim upon our admiration. A sparkling dash of fancy, sentiment and wit intermingled, — clothed in rich language, and pink’d off with the latest gloss of transcendentalism, with little regard to definite plot or story-like dènouement, with an occasional burst of the “grotesque” admirably sustained, recommend these Tales to those who hail with avidity a novelty in the literary mart