Text-02a — “The Sphinx” — 1845 — (Speculated faircopy
manuscript prepared for publication. This manuscript appears not to have survived, but this version is
presumably recorded in Text-02)
Text-02b — “The Sphinx” —
January 1846 — Arthur's Ladies’ Magazine — (Mabbott text A)
Text-03a — “The Sphinx” — 1846-1849 — (speculated copy of
Arthur's Ladies's Magazine with manuscript changes made by Poe. This version has not
survived, but is presumably represented by text-04. Changes are too significant to suggest merely editorial
meddling, and Poe himself was not alive to make changes in proof. These changes are not so significant,
however, that a new manuscript is indicated.)
Text-03b — “The Sphinx” —
1850 — WORKS — (Mabbott text C — This is Mabbott's copy-text)
Reprints:
“The Sphinx” — 1850 — The
American Keepsake for 1851 — (Mabbott text B) (This appears to be a reprint of Text-02, with a
few very minor editorial changes.) (Heartman and Canny state that “... it has
been thought that Miss Wilmot had access to Poe's MS. even if Poe did not arrange the publication
himself” (H&C, 1943, p. 133). Although uncredited, the source for this assertion is presumably
Thomas Ollive Mabbott, who provided numerous bibliographical details for Heartman. In his edition of the Tales
and Sketches (1978), Mabbott says only “... Anna Wilmot, who edited the
gift book, may have obtained Poe's tale from Arthur” (T&S, 3:1246).
“The Sphinx” — August 8, 1850 — Jamestown Journal (Jamestown,
NY), vol. XXV, no. 12, whole no. 1260, p. 1, cols. 1-2 (acknolwedged as by “Edgar A. Poe”)
“The Sphinx” — 1852 — Tales and Sketches: to which is added The
Raven: A Poem, London, George Routledge & Co., pp. 260-264 (This tale is not included in Tales of
Mystery and Imagination and Humour; and Poems, London: Henry Vizetelly, printed in England about the same
time)
“The Sphinx” — November 1855 — Home Magazine (This appears to
be a reprint of Text-02.)
“The Sphinx” — February 27, 1856 — Spirit of the Age (Raleigh,
NC), vol. VII No. 26, p. 1, cols. 5-6 (Poe is acknowledged as the author) (This entry was provided by Ton Fafianie
in an e-mail to the Poe Society dated March 4, 2019)
“The Sphinx” — 1867 — Prose Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, second
series (New York: W. J. Widdleton), pp. 137-141 (This collection is extracted from the 1850-1856 edition of
Poe's Works. It was reprinted several times.)
“The Sphinx” — 1874
— Works of Edgar A. Poe, edited by J. H. Ingram (vol. II, pp. 351-355) (This collection was
subsequently reprinted in various forms)
“The Sphinx” — July 1926 — Amazing Stories, vol. 1, no. 4
Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:
“The Sphinx” — 1894-1895
— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 3: Tales, ed. G. E. Woodberry and E. C. Stedman, Chicago: Stone
and Kimball (3:249-255)
“The Sphinx” — 1902
— The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 6: Tales V, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell
(6:238-244, and 6:297)
“The Sphinx” — 1978
— The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 3: Tales & Sketches II, ed. T. O. Mabbott,
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (3:1245-1251)
“The Sphinx” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, ed.
Patrick F. Quinn (New York: Library of America), pp. 843-847
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Comparative and Study Texts:
Instream Comparative and Study Texts:
“The Sphinx” —
comparative text (Arthur's Magazine and WORKS)
“The Sphinx” —
comparative text (Arthur's Magazine and Keepsake for 1851)
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Associated Material and Special Versions:
Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:
“Le Sphinx” — (French translation by William L. Hughes)
“Le Sphinx” — December 20, 1855 — Le Mousquetaire
“Le Sphinx” — 1862 — Contes inedts d‘Edgar Poe,
Paris: J. Hetzel, pp. 157-164
“Le Sphinx” — 1914 — Edgar Poe: Histories étranges et
Merrveilleuses, Paris: Mercure de France (French translation by M. D. Calvocoressi)
“Le Sphinx” — 1934 — Les Sphinx et autres contes bizarres par Edgar
Poë, Paris: Galliard (French translation by Matila C. Ghyka)
“The Sphinx” — September 15, 1940 — News Tribune (Tacoma,
Washington), vol. 57, no. 360, p. 38, cols. 2-4 (noted as “A condensation of EDGAR ALLAN POE'S tale of
the effect of fear on the imagination” with a large woodcut illustration.)
“The Sphinx” — September 15, 1940 — Spokesman-Review (Spokane,
Washington), vol. 58, no. 124, p. 95, cols. 2-4 (noted as “A condensation of EDGAR ALLAN POE'S tale of
the effect of fear on the imagination” with a large woodcut illustration. Identical to the previous item of
the same date and state.)
“De Sphinx” — October 1949 — De Tsjerne, vol. 4, no. 10, pp.
310-314 (Dokkum, Netherlands, published by J. Kamminga) (Frisian translation by Anne Wadman) (this title provided
by Ton Fafianie)
“Le Sphinx” — 1950 — Histories grotesques et
sérieuse par Edgar Poe, Paris: Classiques Garnier (French translation by
Léon Lemonnier)
“Sfenks” — 1955 — Altin Böcek [Golden Beetle],
Varlik edition, Istanbul (Turkish translation) (the small softbound book has 109 pages. It features “The
Gold-Bug” but includes seven other tales.)
“The Sphinx” — 1968 — a reading by Martin Donegan as part of volume I
of Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, issued on the CMS Records label (CMS-555)
“The Sphinx” — 2010 — Audio book, read by Chris Aruffo
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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.
Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales
and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978.
Whipple, William, “Poe's Political Satire,” University of Texas Studies in
English (1956), 35:81-95.
Wyllie, John Cooke, “A List of the Texts of Poe's Tales,” Humanistic
Studies in Honor of John Calvin Metcalf, Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1941, pp. 322-338.
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