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Tables of Contents for The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe
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Chronology of Poe's life
Introduction Kevin J. Hayes
1. The Poet as critic Kent L. Jungquist
2. Poe and his circle Sandra M. Tomc
3. Poe's aesthetic theory Rachel Polonsky
4. Poe's humor Daniel Royot
5. Poe and the Gothic tradition Benjamin Franklin Fisher
6. Poe, sensationalism, and slavery Teresa A. Goddu
7. Extra! Extra! Poe invents Science Fiction! John Tresch
8. Poe's Dupin and the power of detection Peter Thoms
9. Poe's feminine ideal Karen Weekes
10. A confused beginning: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket Geoffrey Sanborn
11. Poe's 'constructiveness' and The Fall of the House of Usher Scott Peeples
12. Two verse masterworks: 'The Raven' and 'Ulalume' Richard Kopley and Kevin J. Hayes
13. Poe and popular culture Mark Neimeyer
14. One-man modernist Kevin J. Hayes
Selected bibliography
Index.