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Two new mysteries, Poe-lar opposites; Edgar Allan Poe gets a modern update in fictionalized accounts of his mysterious life.(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)

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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20060616
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Byline: Yvonne ZippCorrespondent of The Christian Science Monitor

Immortality was a persistent preoccupation in the work of Edgar Allan Poe, so he might have enjoyed his belated resurrection this spring in the pages of two new mysteries. Poe, who created the literary detective in his short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," is now cast as a detective's assistant and the murder victim, respectively.

The novels divvy up Poe's life pretty neatly: "The Pale Blue Eye" by Louis Bayard features a little-known aspect of Poe's youth, his aborted career as a West Point cadet; ...

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