Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Poe in our time / J. Gerald Kennedy
  • Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849: a brief biography / J. Gerald Kennedy
  • Poe and the American publishing industry / Terence Whalen
  • Spanking the master: mind-body crossings in Poe's sensationalism / David Leverenz
  • Poe and nineteenth-century gender constructions / Leland S. Person
  • Poe and the issue of American privacy / Louis A. Renza
  • Illustrated chronology
  • Bibliographical essay: major editions and landmarks of Poe scholarship / Scott Peeples.