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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 masterly 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 that 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, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", was published in 1841 and is today considered the first modern detective story.^[16] Poe called it a "tale of ratiocination".^[1] Poe became a household name with the publication of "The Raven" in 1845,^[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]

• "Maelzel's Chess Player" (April 1836 – Southern Literary Messenger)^[109]
• "The Philosophy of Furniture" (May 1840 – Burton's Gentleman's Magazine)^[110]
• "A Few Words on Secret Writing" (July 1841 – Graham's Magazine)^[111]
• "Morning on the Wissahiccon" (1844 – The Opal)^[90]
• "The Balloon-Hoax" (April 13, 1844) – A newspaper article that was actually a journalistic hoax^[112]
• "The Philosophy of Composition" (April 1846 – Graham's Magazine)^[58]
• "Eureka: A Prose Poem" (March 1848 – Wiley & Putnam)^[113]
• "The Rationale of Verse" (October 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger)^[114]
• "The Poetic Principle" (December 1848 – Southern Literary Messenger)^[58]

• The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (First two installments, January/February 1837 – Southern Literary Messenger, issued as complete novel in July 1838)^[115]
• The Journal of Julius Rodman (First six installments, January–June 1840 – Burton's Gentleman's Magazine) – Incomplete^[116]

• Politian (Two installments, December 1835 – January 1836 – Southern Literary Messenger) – Incomplete

• Tales of the Folio Club – A projected collection of Poe's tales on "dunderism" satirizing the Delphian Club which was never completed in his lifetime^[117]
• The Philosophy of Animal Magnetism – A pamphlet on Mesmerism credited to a "Gentleman of Philadelphia" (1837), attributed to Poe using stylometry ^[22]
• The Conchologist's First Book (1839) – A textbook on sea shells produced by Poe as a condensed version of a textbook by Thomas Wyatt^[71]
• The Light-House (1849, never published in Poe's lifetime) – An incomplete work that may have been intended to be a short story or a novel^[118]

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

• Tamerlane and Other Poems (credited by "a Bostonian") (1827)^[24]
• Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems (1829)^[24]
• Poems (1831, printed as "second edition")^[119]
• Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (December 1839)^[120]
• The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe (1843)^[121]
• Tales (1845, Wiley & Putnam)^[122]
• The Raven and Other Poems (1845, Wiley & Putnam)^[123]

American journals that Edgar Allan Poe was involved with include:

• American Review: A Whig Journal
• Broadway Journal
• Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
• Godey's Lady's Book
• Graham's Magazine
• Southern Literary Messenger
• The Stylus

• Fisher, Benjamin Franklin IV (2002). "Poe and the Gothic tradition". In Hayes, Kevin J. (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 71–91. doi:10.1017/CCOL0521793262.006. ISBN 978-0-521-79727-6.
• Foye, Raymond, ed. (1980). The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings by Edgar Allan Poe. San Francisco: City Lights Books. ISBN 978-0-87286-110-7.
• Grayson, Eric (2005). "Weird Science, Weirder Unity: Phrenology and Physiognomy in Edgar Allan Poe". Mode 1: 56–77. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
• Hayes, Kevin J. (2002). "Visual Culture and the Word in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Man of the Crowd'". Nineteenth-Century Literature. 56 (4): 445–465. doi:10.1525/ncl.2002.56.4.445.
• Hoffman, Daniel (1998) [1972]. Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-2321-8.
• Hubbell, Jay B. (1945). "'O, Tempora! O, Mores!' A Juvenile Poem by Edgar Allan Poe". Studies in the Humanities, Series B. 2 (4). University of Colorado Studies: 314–321. Archived from the original on October 14, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
• Hungerford, Edward (1930). "Poe and Phrenology". American Literature. 1 (3): 209–231. doi:10.2307/2920231. JSTOR 2920231.
• Kagle, Steven E. (1990). "The Corpse Within Us". In Fisher, Benjamin Franklin IV (ed.). Poe and His Times: The Artist and His Milieu. Baltimore: The Edgar Allan Poe Society. ISBN 978-0-9616449-2-5.
• Kennedy, J. Gerald (1987). Poe, Death, and the Life of Writing. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-03773-9.
• Koster, Donald N. (2002). "Influences of Transcendentalism on American Life and Literature". In Galens, David (ed.). Literary Movements for Students Vol. 1. Detroit: Thomson Gale.
• Krutch, Joseph Wood (1926). Edgar Allan Poe: A Study in Genius. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. (1992 reprint: ISBN 978-0-7812-6835-6)
• Meyers, Jeffrey (1992). Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy (Paperback ed.). New York: Cooper Square Press. ISBN 978-0-8154-1038-6.
• Ostram, John Ward (1987). "Poe's Literary Labors and Rewards". In Fisher, Benjamin Franklin IV (ed.). Myths and Reality: The Mysterious Mr. Poe. Baltimore: The Edgar Allan Poe Society. pp. 37–47.
• Poe, Edgar Allan (November 1847). "Tale-Writing—Nathaniel Hawthorne". Godey's Lady's Book: 252–256. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
• Quinn, Arthur Hobson (1998). Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5730-0.
• Rosenheim, Shawn James (1997). The Cryptographic Imagination: Secret Writing from Edgar Poe to the Internet. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-5332-6.
• Schöberlein, Stefan (2017). "Poe or not Poe? A stylometric analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's disputed writings". Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. 32 (4): 650–653. doi:10.1093/llc/fqw019.
• Silverman, Kenneth (1991). Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance (Paperback ed.). New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 978-0-06-092331-0.
• Sova, Dawn B. (2001). Edgar Allan Poe A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (Paperback ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. ISBN 978-0-8160-4161-9.
• Tschachler, Heinz (2013). The Monetary Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe: Banking, Currency, and Politics in the Writings. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-7583-4.
• Whalen, Terance (2001). "Poe and the American Publishing Industry". In Kennedy, J. Gerald (ed.). A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512150-6.
• Wilbur, Richard (1967). "The House of Poe". In Regan, Robert (ed.). Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. pp. 99. ISBN 978-0-13-684963-6.

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• Works by Edgar Allan Poe in eBook form at Standard Ebooks
• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Archived August 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at the Edgar Allan Poe Society online – includes multiple versions of fiction, essays, criticisms
• Complete list of Poe's contributions Archived April 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine to various journals and magazines at bartleby.com
• Works by or about Edgar Allan Poe at the Internet Archive
• A collection of Poe's short fiction at Standard Ebooks