Edgar Allan Poe — “Literary Small Talk”


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Reading and Reference Texts:

Reading copy:

  • “Literary Small Talk” — reading copy

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Historical Texts:

Manuscripts and Authorized Printings:

  • Text-01 — “Literary Small Talk” — 1838, no original manuscript or fragments are known to exist (but this version is presumably recorded in Text-02)
  • Text-02 — “Literary Small Talk” — January - February 1839 — American Museum
    • Literary Small Talk” - part I (January 1839) (In the table of contents, inside the front paper cover, the entry reads “Literary Small Talk. By E. A. Poe.”)
    • Literary Small Talk” - part II (February 1839) (In the table of contents, inside the front paper cover, the entry reads “Literary Small Talk, — continued. By E. A. Poe.”)

 

Reprints:

  • None

 

Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:

  • Literary Small Talk” — 1902 — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (14:90-94)
  • “Literary Small Talk” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and Reviews, ed. G. R. Thompson, New York: Library of America (pp. 1061-1064)
  • Literary Small Talk” — 1985 — The Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe; Vol II- The Brevities, New York: Gordian Press, 1985  (2:454-464, and 1:xxv-xxvi)

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Comparative and Study Texts:

Instream Comparative and Study Texts:

  • None

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Associated Material and Special Versions:

Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:

  • “Literary Small Talk” — 2007 — Audio book (unabridged), read by Chris Aruffo (part of a 5-CD set)

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Bibliography:

  • Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
  • Pollin, Burton R., ed., The Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe; Vol II- The Brevities (Including “Marginalia,” “Pinakidia,” “Fifty Suggestions,” and “A Chapter of Suggestions,” New York: Gordian Press, 1985)

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