Description: This book examines the processes of editing and anthologizing as innovative contributions to the field of literary culture, analyzing how single-author editions and multi-author anthologies have created distinct reputations for Edgar Allan Poe. The book explores how Poe's edit...
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"Anthologizing Poe is a major achievement and a landmark resource on book history in America." --Poe Studies
"Anthologizing Poe constitutes a landmark in the appreciation of how thousands of readers across generations have approached Poe: anthologies. The subject of this book has not always been the target of academic debate, so Esplin and Vale de Gato have come to offset that by gathering some of the most influential voices on Poe today." --Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos "Exactly how anthologies, in all their different forms, can shape our perception of an author is a fascinating topic. Edgar Allan Poe--one of the world's most important and popular writers--is the ideal focus for such a study. This groundbreaking book promises to transform our understanding of how Poe is read, today as well as in the past, not only in the United States but throughout the world." --Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Monsignor Murray Professor in Arts and Humanities and past president of the Poe Studies Association "This excellent and innovative study updates the appeal of Poe's work by researching translations and anthologies that bring his creativity to readers in many languages and cultures." --Lois Vines, professor of French, distinguished professor of humanities, Ohio University