Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Poe Studies

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Poe Studies / Dark Romanticism (founded as Poe Newsletter in 1968, and issued as Poe Studies 1971-1985) is published by the Washington State University Press and produced with the aid of the Humanities Research Center and the support of the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of English at Washington State University. The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore is grateful to the publishers for permission to make available e-text versions of articles printed in selected volumes of this journal. It should be noted that information and views expressed in these articles reflect the research and opinions of the authors. Anyone who finds these articles of interest is encouraged to subscribe from the publisher.

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Sections: Vol. I (1968) Vol. II (1969) Vol. III (1970) Abbreviations

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Original Announcement for the Poe Newsletter:

“Announcement for Poe Newsletter” (from the Newsletter of the American Council of Learned Societies, November 1967).

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume I - 1968

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume I, Number 1 (April 1968)

Editor: G. R. Thompson (Washington State University); Associate Editor: Milton C. Petersen (Washington State University); Editorial Board: Richard P. Benton (Trinity College); Eric W. Carlson (University of Connecticut); Patrick F. Quinn (Wellesley College); Claude Richard (Université de Montpellier); Research Assistant: Robert L. Marrs (Washington State University)

“The State of Poe Studies” by J. Albert Robbins (pp. 1-2)
“The Poe Case: Scholarship and ’strategy’ ” by G. Richard Thompson (p. 3)
“Current Poe Studies” by G. R. T. [G. Richard Thompson] (p. 4)
“‘The Raven’ and ‘Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking’ ” by Ned. J. Davison (pp. 5-6)
“Poe’s ‘The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether’: Dickens or Willis?” by Richard P. Benton (pp. 7-9)
“Poe and the Grotesque: A Bibliography, 1695-1965” by Lewis A. Lawson (pp. 9-10)
“A Poe Source for Faulkner? ‘To Helen’ and ‘A Rose for Emily’ ” by James Stronks (p. 11)
Reviews:
- “Raising the Wind; or, The French Editions of the Works of Edgar Allan Poe”
  - “ Review by Claude Richard (of Charles Baudelaire, Oeuvers Complètes, Edition établie dans un ordre nouveau présentée et annotée par Yves Florenne. 3 vols. Paris: Le Club Francais du Livre, 1966) (pp. 11-12)
  - “ Review by Jean-Marie Bonnet (of Oeuvers Imaginatives et Poétiques Complètes d‘Edgar Allan Poe. 6 vols. Paris: Editions Vialatay, 1966) (pp. 12-13)
- “Arthur Gordon Pym: ‘A Journey to the End of the Page‘?” Review by Patrick F. Quinn (of Jean Ricardou, “Le Caractère singulier de cette eau,” Critque (Août — Septembre 1967), pp. 718-733) (pp. 14-15)
- “Poe and the Void” Review by Milton C. Petersen (of Robert Martin Adams, NIL: Episodes in the Literary Conquest of the Void During the Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.) (pp. 14-16)
“Acknowledgements” by G. R. T. [G. Richard Thompson] (p. 16)

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume I, Number 2 (October 1968)

Editor: G. R. Thompson (Washington State University); Associate Editor: Milton C. Petersen (Washington State University); Editorial Board: Richard P. Benton (Trinity College); Eric W. Carlson (University of Connecticut); Patrick F. Quinn (Wellesley College); Claude Richard (Université de Montpellier); Research Assistant: Robert L. Marrs (Washington State University)

“In Memoriam: Thomas Ollive Mabbott” by Floyd Stovall and Clarence Gohdes (pp. 17-18)
“Poe and the Saint Louis Daily Reveille” by Sidney P. Moss (pp. 18-21)
“The Bottle and the Coffin: Further Speculation on Poe and Moby-Dick” by Jack Scherting (p. 22)
“The Moral Mr. Poe” by Jay L. Halio (pp. 23-24)
“A Reading of Poe’s ‘The Bells‘” by Paul O. Williams (pp. 24-25)
“A Source for ‘Berenice’ and a Note on Poe’s Reading” by Roger Forclaz (pp. 25-27)
“The Case of Sublime Purloin; or Burke’s Inquiry as the Source of an Anecdote in ‘The Purloined Letter‘” by S[eaborn]. L[owrey]. Varnado (p. 27)
“Poe’s Use of a Source: Davy’s Chemical Researches and ‘Von Kempelen and His Discovery‘” by Thomas Hall (p. 28)
“Another Source for ‘The Raven’: Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding” by Kevin M. McCarthy (p. 29)
“Poe and “Anacreon”: A Classical Influence on ‘The Raven‘” by Cecil Don McVicker (pp. 29-30)
“ Marginalia ” (brief articles and notes)
- “Another Unknown Early Appearance of ‘The Raven’ “ by Claude Richard (p. 30)
- “A Whitman Parody of ‘The Raven’ “? by Thomas L. Brahser (pp. 30-31)
- “Poe’s Usher and Ussher’s Chronology” by Earl J. Wilcox (p. 31)
- “Faulkner and ‘Helen’ — Further Note” by Aretta J. Stevens (p. 31)
- “Poe and the West — A Comment” by Haldeen Braddy (p. 31)
- “A Western Obiturary of Poe” by Herbert E. Arntson (p. 31)
- “The Diabetic Mr. Poe?” by John S. Hill (p. 31)
“Current Poe Studies” [by G. Richard Thompson] (p. 32)

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume II - 1969

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume II, Number 1 (January 1969)

Editor: G. R. Thompson (Washington State University); Associate Editor: Milton C. Petersen (Washington State University); Editorial Board: Richard P. Benton (Trinity College); Eric W. Carlson (University of Connecticut); Patrick F. Quinn (Wellesley College); Claude Richard (Université de Montpellier); Research Assistant: Robert L. Marrs (Washington State University)

“The State of Poe Bibliography” by G. Thomas Tanselle (pp. 1-3)
“The State of the Complete Bibliography of Poe Criticism, 1827-1967” by J. Lasley Dameron (p. 3)
“Edgar Allan Poe: Current Bibliography” by Richard P. Benton (pp. 4-12)
“Fugitive Poe References: A Bibliography” by Robert L. Marrs (pp. 12-18)
- “Fugitive Poe References”
- “Appendix: [A Bibliography of ] Book Reviews [since 1960]”
“Poe in Spanish America: A Bibliographical Supplement” by Hensley C. Woodbridge (pp. 18-19)
“Poe Studies in Europe: France” by Claude Richard (pp. 20-23)
“Marginalia” (brief articles and notes)
- ’ “MS. Found in a Bottle’ and The Folio Club” by Claude Richard (p. 23)
- “ ‘Silence’ and the Folio Club: Who Were the ‘Psychological Autobiographists‘?” by G. R. Thompson (p. 23)
“Current Poe Studies” [by G. Richard Thompson] (p. 24)

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume II, Number 2 (April 1969)

Editor: G. R. Thompson (Washington State University); Associate Editor: Milton C. Petersen (Washington State University); Editorial Board: Richard P. Benton (Trinity College); Eric W. Carlson (University of Connecticut); Patrick F. Quinn (Wellesley College); Claude Richard (Université de Montpellier); Research Assistant: Robert L. Marrs (Washington State University)

“The Moral of Averted Descent: The Failure of Sanity in ‘The Pit and the Pendulum’ ” by James Lundquist (pp. 25-26)
“The Spiritual Descent in the Maelström: A Debt to ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ ” by Margaret J. Yonce (pp. 26-29)
“The Downward Journey of Purgation: Notes on an Imagistic Leitmotif in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym” by Richard A. Levine (pp. 29-31)
“T. S. Eliot on Poe” by B. R. McElderry, Jr (pp. 32-33)
“Poe’s Acquaintance with Chinese Literature” by Richard P. Benton (p. 34)
“The Provenance and Correct Text of Poe’s Review of Griswold’s Female Poets of America” by Burton R. Pollin (pp. 35-36)
“Marginalia” (brief articles and notes)
- “Poe’s MS. Letter to Stella Lewis — Recently Located” by John W. Ostrom (pp. 36-37)
- “Thomas Moore’s Influence on ‘Tamerlane’ “ by Nancy Niblack Baxter (p. 37)
- “A Note on Poe and Pym in Melville’s Omoo” by Iola S. Haverstick (p. 37)
- “Poe’s Raven, Faulkner’s Sparrow, and Another Window” by Robert H. Woodward (pp. 37-38)
Reviews:
- “The Poe ‘Dictionary’ ” Review by J. Albert Robbins (of B. R. Pollin, Dictionary of Names and Titles in Poe’s Collected Works) (pp. 38-39)
- “Poe as ‘Magazinist’ ” Review by Milton C. Petersen (of M. Allen, Poe and the British Magazine Tradition) (pp. 39-40)

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume II, Number 3 (October 1969)

Editor: G. R. Thompson (Washington State University); Associate Editor: Milton C. Petersen (Washington State University); Editorial Board: Richard P. Benton (Trinity College); Eric W. Carlson (University of Connecticut); Patrick F. Quinn (Wellesley College); Claude Richard (Université de Montpellier); Research Assistant: Judy Osowski (Washington State University)

“‘The Imp of the Perverse”: Poe’s Dark Comedy of Art and Death” by Eugene R. Kanjo (pp. 41-44)
“A Dogged Interpretation of ‘Never Bet the Devil Your Head’ ” by Eliot Glassheim (pp. 44-45)
“Arrant Bubbles: Poe’s ‘The Angel of the Odd’ ” by Claude Richard (pp. 46-48)
“Hog, Bacon, Ram, and Other ’savants’ in Eureka: Notes toward Decoding Poe’s Encyclopedic Satire” by Harriet R. Holman (pp. 49-55)
“Marginalia” (brief articles and notes)
- “The Hidden Jew in Poe’s ‘Autography’ “ by Alexander Hammond (p. 55)
- “Poe’s ‘Turkish Fig-Pedler’ “ by Ben Harris McClary (p. 56)

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume III - 1970

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume III, Number 1 (June 1970)

Editor: G. R. Thompson (Washington State University); Associate Editor: Milton C. Petersen (Washington State University); Editorial Board: Richard P. Benton (Trinity College); Eric W. Carlson (University of Connecticut); Patrick F. Quinn (Wellesley College); Claude Richard (Université de Montpellier); Research Assistant: Judy Osowski (Washington State University)

“Two Unnoticed Recollections of Poe’s Funeral” by George P. Clarke (pp. 1-2)
“A Note on the Composition of ‘Hans Pfaal’ ” by William H. Gravely, Jr. (pp. 2-5)
“The Continuing Puzzle of Arthur Gordon Pym: Some Notes and Queries” by Joseph V. Ridgely (pp. 5-6)
“Poe’s ‘To Helen’: Functional Wordplay and a Possible Source” by J. M. Pemberton (pp. 6-7)
“Figs, Bells, Poe, and Horace Smith” by Burton R. Pollin (pp. 8-10)
“Edgar Allan Poe: Current Bibliography” by Richard P. Benton (pp. 11-16)
“Fugitive Poe References: A Bibliography” by Judy Osowski (pp. 16-19)
- “Fugitive Poe References”
- “[A Bibliography of ] Reviews [published in 1969]”
“Poe in Rumania: A Bibliography” by Ralph M. Aderman (pp. 19-20)
“Marginalia” (brief articles and notes)
- “A Typographical Error in the B Version of Poe’s ’sonnet — To Science’ ” David K. Jackson (p. 21)
- “An Error in Some Recent Printings of ‘Ligeia’ ” by June Davis and Jack L. Davis (p. 21)
- “Preposition and Meaning in Poe’s ‘The Spectacles’ ” by Joel Salzberg (p. 21)
- “Letters, Signatures, and ‘Juws’ in Poe’s ‘Autography’ ” by Roger O‘Connor (pp. 21-22) [Note; The original table of contents for this issue erroneously gives “Autobiography” in place of “Autography.” The entry here is based on the title from the article, which is correct.]
- “More on the ‘Fig-Pedler’ ” by Richard Schuster (p. 22)
- “More on ‘The Angel of the Odd’ ” by William T. Bandy (p. 22)
- “A Note on Fortuanto’s Coughing” by Joseph H. Harkey (p. 22)
“Current Poe Studies” [by G. Richard Thompson] (pp. 23-24)

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Volume III, Number 2 (December 1970)

Editor: G. R. Thompson (Washington State University); Associate Editor: Milton C. Petersen (Washington State University); Editorial Board: Richard P. Benton (Trinity College); Eric W. Carlson (University of Connecticut); Patrick F. Quinn (Wellesley College); Claude Richard (Université de Montpellier); Research Assistant: Judy Osowski (Washington State University)

“Milton and Poe’s ‘Modern Woman’ ” by Gerald E. Gerber (pp. 25-26)
“The Johnsonian Influence: Rasselas and Poe’s ‘The Domain of Arnheim’ ” by David K. Jeffrey (pp. 26-29)
“Poe and French Romanticism” by Charles Lombard (pp. 30-35)
“Unamuno and Poe” by M. Thomas Inge and Gloria Downing (pp. 35-36)
“Two Russian Symbolists on Poe” by John M. Gogol (pp. 36-37)
“Marginalia” (brief articles and notes)
- “Poe’s Use of Page and Lore in ‘Tamerlane’ “ by Gordon J. Loberger (pp. 37-38)
- “Poe’s Use of D‘Israeli’s Curiosities to Belittle Emerson” by Burton R. Pollin (p. 38)
- “Poe and Charles Lamb” by Wallace Nethery (p. 38)
- “An Echo of Poe in Of Time and the River“ by Larry Rubin (pp. 38-39)
- “T. S. Eliot on ‘Poe the Detective’ “ by Judy Osowski (p. 39)
- “A Further Word on Poe and Lolita“ by George P. Clark (p. 39)
“In Memoriam: Emmett L. Avery” (p. 40) [probably by John Elwood]

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Abbreviations:

The journal abbreviates frequently cited texts of Poe’s writings. Citations are keyed as follows:

Works — Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. I, Poems; vol. I, Tales and Sketches 1831-1842; vol. III, Tales and Sketches 1843-1848, ed. T. O. Mabbott (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1969-1978).
Writings — Collected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Burton R. Pollin: vol. I, The Imaginary Voyages (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1981); vol II, The Brevities; vol. III, The Broadway Journal: Text; vol. IV, The Broadway Journal: Annotations (New York: Gordian Press, 1985-1986)
Complete Works — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. James A. Harrison (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1902; or rpt., New York: AMS Press, 1965)
Poems — The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Floyd Stovall (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1965).
Letters — The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. John Ward Ostrom (rev. ed., New York: Gordian Press, 1966.)

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

Note:

Every reasonable effort has been made to maintain the integrity of the texts presented here. Some of the words included in the original printed form of these articles, however, especially in names or titles of foreign items in the bibliographies, use unusual characters which are not part of standard browser fonts. Generally, these are common letters with special accents. When these characters have been encountered, the letter has been provided without the accent.

∞∞∞∞∞∞∞

[S:1 - JAS] - Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - Poe Studies - Poe Newsletter (1968-1970)