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The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing.[1] These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement, a literary reaction to Transcendentalism.[2] Poe's writing reflects his literary theories: he disagreed with didacticism[3] and allegory.[4] Meaning in literature, he said in his criticism, should be an undercurrent just beneath the surface; works whose meanings are too obvious cease to be art.[5] Poe pursued originality in his works, and disliked proverbs.[6] He often included elements of popular pseudosciences such as phrenology[7] and physiognomy.[8] His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning.[9] Though known as a masterful practitioner of Gothic fiction, Poe did not invent the genre; he was following a long-standing popular tradition.[10]

Poe's literary career began in 1827 with the release of 50 copies of Tamerlane and Other Poems credited only to "a Bostonian", a collection of early poems which received virtually no attention.[11] In December 1829, Poe released Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems in Baltimore[12] before delving into short stories for the first time with "Metzengerstein" in 1832.[13] His most successful and most widely-read prose during his lifetime was "The Gold-Bug"[14] which earned him a $100 prize, the most money he received for a single work.[15] One of his most important works, his first "tale of ratiocination",[1] was published in 1841 and, today, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is now considered the first detective story.[16] Poe became a household name, however, with the publication of "The Raven",[17] though it was not a financial success.[18] The publishing industry at the time was a difficult career choice and much of Poe's work was written using themes specifically catered for mass market tastes.[19]

This list contains all known works of Poe, including his incomplete works and works attributed to him but not verified as Poe's. All dates record the first publication of the work. The names by which each work is listed are their common titles, not necessarily their original titles.

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[edit] Poetry

"Ulalume" as it first appeared in the "American Review" in 1847.
Main article: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

[edit] Tales

Title
Publication year
First published in
Genre
Notes
"Metzengerstein" January 14, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Horror / Satire First published anonymously with the subtitle "A Tale in Imitation of the German"[13]
"The Duc De L'Omelette" March 3, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor Originally "The Duke of l'Omelette"[20]
"A Tale of Jerusalem" June 9, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor [21]
"Loss of Breath" November 10, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor Originally "A Decided Loss"[21]
"Bon-Bon" December 1, 1832 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Humor Originally "The Bargain Lost"[21]
"MS. Found in a Bottle" October 19, 1833 Baltimore Saturday Visiter Adventure [22]
"The Assignation" January 1834 Godey's Lady's Book Horror Originally "The Visionary", published anonymously[23]
"Berenice" March 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror [24]
"Morella" April 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror [24]
"Lionizing" May 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Satire Subtitle: "A Tale"[24]
"The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall" June 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Adventure [24]
"King Pest" September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror / Humor Originally "King Pest the First", published anonymously[25]
"Shadow - A Parable" September 1835 Southern Literary Messenger Horror Published anonymously[25]
"Four Beasts in One - The Homo-Cameleopard" March 1836 Southern Literary Messenger Humor Originally "Epimanes"[26]
"Mystification" June 1837 American Monthly Magazine Humor Originally "Von Jung, the Mystific"[27]
"Silence - A Fable" 1838 Baltimore Book Humor Originally "Siope - A Fable"[28]
"Ligeia" September 1838 Baltimore American Museum Horror Republished in the February 15, 1845 issue of the New York World, included the poem "The Conqueror Worm" as Ligeia's dying words[29]
"How to Write A Blackwood Article" November 1838 Baltimore American Museum Parody An introduction to "A Predicament"[30]
"A Predicament" November 1838 Baltimore American Museum Parody Companion to "How to Write A Blackwood Article," originally "The Scythe of Time"[30]
"The Devil in the Belfry" May 18, 1839 Saturday Chronicle and Mirror of the Times Humor / Satire [31]
"The Man That Was Used Up" August 1839 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine Satire [32]
"The Fall of the House of Usher" September 1839 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine Horror [33]
"William Wilson" October 1839 The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1840 Horror [34]
"The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion" December 1839 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine Humor [34]
"Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling" 1840 Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Humor [35]
"The Business Man" February 1840 Burton's Gentleman's Magazine Humor Originally "Peter Pendulum" [34]
"The Man of the Crowd" 1840  ? Horror
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" April 1841 Graham's Magazine Detective fiction [36]
"A Descent into the Maelström" April 1841 Graham's Magazine Adventure [35]
"The Island of the Fay" June 1841 Graham's Magazine Fantasy [35]
"The Colloquy of Monos and Una" 1837  ? Science fiction
"Never Bet the Devil Your Head" 1841  ? Satire Subtitled "A Tale with a Moral"
"Eleonora" Fall 1841 The Gift for 1842 Romance [37]
"Three Sundays in a Week" November 27, 1841 Saturday Evening Post Humor Originally "A Succession of Sundays"[38]
"The Oval Portrait" April 1842 Graham's Magazine Horror Originally "Life in Death"[39]
"The Masque of the Red Death" May 1842 Graham's Magazine Horror Originally "The Mask of the Red Death"[40]
"The Landscape Garden" October 1842 Snowden's Ladies' Companion Sketch Later incorporated into "The Domain of Arnheim"[41]
"The Mystery of Marie Roget" 1842  ? Detective fiction
"The Pit and the Pendulum" 1842  ? Horror
"The Tell-Tale Heart" January 1843 The Pioneer Horror [42]
"The Gold-Bug" 1843  ? Adventure
"The Black Cat" August 19, 1843 United States Saturday Post Horror [43]
"Diddling" October 14, 1843 Philadelphia Saturday Courier Parody Originally "Raising the Wind; or, Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences"[44]
"The Spectacles" March 27, 1844 Dollar Newspaper Humor [45]
"A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" April 1844 Godey's Lady's Book Science fiction, Adventure [45]
"The Premature Burial" 1844  ? Horror
"Mesmeric Revelation" 1844  ?  ?
"The Oblong Box" 1844  ? Horror
"The Angel of the Odd" 1844  ? Humor
"Thou Art the Man" 1844  ? Detective fiction
"The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq." 1844  ? Humor
"The Purloined Letter" 1844  ? Detective fiction
"The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade" 1845  ?  ?
"Some Words with a Mummy" 1845  ? Satire
"The Power of Words" 1845  ?  ?
"The Imp of the Perverse" 1845  ? Horror
"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" November 1845 Graham's Magazine Humor [46]
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" December 1845 The American Review Horror / Science fiction / Hoax Originally "The Facts of M. Valdemar's Case"[47]
"The Sphinx" 1845  ?  ?
"The Cask of Amontillado" November 1846 Godey's Lady's Book Horror [48]
"The Domain of Arnheim" 1847  ?  ?
"Mellonta Tauta" February 1849 Flag of Our Union Science fiction, Hoax [49]
"Hop-Frog" March 17, 1849 Flag of Our Union Horror Subtitled "Or, The Eight Chained Ourang-Outang"[50]
"Von Kempelen and His Discovery" April 14, 1849 Flag of Our Union Hoax [50]
"X-ing a Paragrab" May 12, 1849 Flag of Our Union Humor [51]
"Landor's Cottage" June 9, 1849 Flag of Our Union Sketch Originally "Landor's Cottage: A Pendant to 'The Domain of Arnhiem'"[52]

[edit] Other works

[edit] Essays

[edit] Novels

[edit] Plays

[edit] Other

[edit] Collections

Please note that this list of collections refers only to those printed during Poe's lifetime with his permission. Modern anthologies are not included.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Silverman, 171
  2. ^ Koster, Donald N. "Influences of Transcendentalism on American Life and Literature." Literary Movements for Students Vol. 1. David Galens, ed. Detroit: Thompson Gale, 2002: p. 336.
  3. ^ Kagle, Steven E. "The Corpse Within Us" as collected in Poe and His Times: The Artist and His Milieu, edited by Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV. Baltimore: The Edgar Allan Poe Society, Inc., 1990. p. 104 ISBN 0961644923
  4. ^ Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Tale-Writing. Retrieved on 2007-03-24.
  5. ^ Wilbur, Richard. "The House of Poe," collected in Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by Robert Regan. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1967. p. 99
  6. ^ Hayes, K.J. (2002) "Visual Culture and the Word in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Man of the Crowd'," Nineteenth-Century Literature, Vol. 56, No. 4 pp. 445-465
  7. ^ Edward Hungerford. "Poe and Phrenology," American Literature 1(1930): 209-31.
  8. ^ Erik Grayson. "Weird Science, Weirder Unity: Phrenology and Physiognomy in Edgar Allan Poe" Mode 1 (2005): 56-77. Also online.
  9. ^ Kennedy, J. Gerald. Poe, Death, and the Life of Writing. Yale University Press, 1987. p3. ISBN 0300037732
  10. ^ Fisher, Benjamin Franklin. "Poe and the Gothic Tradition". The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: 72. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  11. ^ Meyers, 33-34
  12. ^ Sova, 5
  13. ^ a b Silverman, 88
  14. ^ Sova, 97
  15. ^ Hoffman, 189
  16. ^ Meyers, 123
  17. ^ Hoffman, 80
  18. ^ Krutch, Joseph Wood. Edgar Allan Poe: A Study in Genius. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. p. 155
  19. ^ Whalen, Terence. "Poe and the American Publishing Industry", as collected in A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe. Oxford University Press, 2001. p. 67. ISBN 0195121503
  20. ^ Sova, 73
  21. ^ a b c Quinn, 192
  22. ^ Sova, 162
  23. ^ Silverman, 93
  24. ^ a b c d Quinn, 208
  25. ^ a b Quinn, 230
  26. ^ Sova, 90
  27. ^ Sova, 165
  28. ^ Sova, 219
  29. ^ Sova, 134
  30. ^ a b Sova, 200
  31. ^ Sova, 68
  32. ^ Quinn, 283
  33. ^ Quinn, 284
  34. ^ a b c Sova, 279
  35. ^ a b c Sova, 280
  36. ^ Meyers, 123
  37. ^ Quinn, 328-329
  38. ^ Quinn, 330
  39. ^ Quinn, 330-331
  40. ^ Quinn, 331
  41. ^ Sova, 129
  42. ^ Meyers, 137
  43. ^ Sova, 28
  44. ^ Sova, 79
  45. ^ a b Quinn, 400
  46. ^ Quinn, 469
  47. ^ Quinn, 470
  48. ^ Meyers, 201
  49. ^ Meyers, 241
  50. ^ a b Sova, 285
  51. ^ Sova, 261
  52. ^ Sova, 128
  53. ^ Sova, 200

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