This collection of fifteen original essays and one original poem explores the theme of place in the life, works, and afterlife of Edgar A. Poe (1809-1849). Poe and Place argues that place is an important critical category through which to understand this classic American author in new and interesting ways. The geographical places examined include the cities in which Poe lived and worked, specific locales included in his fictional works, imaginary places featured in his writings, physical and imaginary places and spaces from which he departed and those to which he sought to return, places he claimed to have gone, and places that have embraced him as their own. The geo-critical and geo-spatial perspectives in the collection offer fresh readings of Poe and provide readers new vantage points from which to approach Poe's life, literary works, aesthetic concerns, and cultural afterlife.

Winner of the Poe Studies Association's 2018 J. Lasley Dameron Award for an Outstanding Essay Collection on Poe Offers a transnational approach to Poe, discussing his relationship to countries such as France, Germany, Argentina, Egypt, and United States Makes a new contribution to Poe Studies by participating in the ongoing trend in literary scholarship of spatial studies Showcases a wide range of well-regarded and award-winning Poe scholars from around the globe

Autorentext

Philip Edward Phillips is Professor of English and Associate Dean of the University Honors College at Middle Tennessee State University, USA. He is a Past President of the Poe Studies Association.

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1. No Direction Home: The Itinerant Life of Edgar Poe, Scott Peeples.- 2. Poe and Boston, Katherine J. Kim.- 3. Poe's Richmond, and Richmond's Poe, Christopher P. Semtner.- 4. The Realm of Dream and Memory: Poe's England, J. Gerald Kennedy.- 5. Poe and Baltimore: Crossroads and Redemption, Jeffrey A. Savoye.- 6. Poe in Philadelphia, Amy Branam Armiento.- 7. Outside Looking In: Edgar Allan Poe and New York City, John Gruesser.- 8. Fantastic Places, Angelic Spaces, William E. Engel.- 9. Re-ordering Place in Poe's Pym, Richard Kopley.- 10. Poe's German Soulscape: Influenced by Angst or Anxiety of Influence?, Sonya Isaak.- 11. Demon of Space: Poe in St. Petersburg, Alexandra Urakova.- 12. Poe, Egypt, and Egyptomania, Emily James Hansen.- 13. Poe, Paris, and The Murders in the Rue Morgue, PhilipEdward Phillips and George Poe.- 14. Un muerto vivo: Poe and Argentina, Emron Esplin.- 15. Finding His Way Home: Tracing Poe's Solutions in Eureka, Harry Lee Poe.