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” (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).
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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)
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