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The Mystery to a Solution ostensibly concens Jorge Luis Borges's rewriting --or doubling--Edgar Allan Poe's three detective tales, but as anyone familiar with Irwin's previous work would guess, this book [...]

In 1843, Caroline and William Kirkland moved their family from Pinckney, Michigan, the frontier town they had helped settle six years earlier, back east to New York City. The Kirklands [...]

An essay is presented that explores the efforts of Charleston and Sullivan's Island in South Carolina to include writer Edgar Allan Poe in their cultural history despite the lack of detailed documentary evidence of his activities there. Topics covered include Poe's enlistment in the U.S. Army leading to him being stationed in Sullivan's Island, the writer's 1843 story "The Gold-Bug" being set on and around the island, and some poems suggesting Poe's connection with Charleston.

The well-traveled pun on "Poe" and "poor" is a lens through which the author views depictions of Poe in films ranging from D. W. Griffith's 1909 short to James McTeigue's The Raven (2012). Both early biopics and later films in which Poe is written into a fictional plot rely on the "meme" of Poe being underestimated and unappreciated in his own time, only to be valued highly by later generations of readers. This simplified image of Poe's character and genius corresponds with the great value placed on his literary remains (such as copies of Tamerlane and Other Poems), items valued more highly for having once been overlooked or underestimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]