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Edgar Allan Poe. Writings in The Southern Literary Messenger: Nonfictional Prose.(Review)

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From: The Mississippi Quarterly
Date: 19981222
Author:FISHER, BENJAMIN F.

Edgar Allan Poe. Writings in The Southern Literary Messenger: Nonfictional Prose, ed. Burton R. Pollin and Joseph V. Ridgely. New York: The Gordian Press, 1997. x, 406 pp. $75.00.

THIS FIFTH VOLUME OF THE "COLLECTED WRITINGS OF EDGAR Allan Poe," captained by Burton Pollin, fills a gap in Poe studies. Poe came to fame--or notoriety--by dint of his connection with the Southern Literary Messenger, initially, but notably, as a fearsome book reviewer (the "Zoilus of the Messenger"), and the contents of this volume will add substantial illumination to what has long remained ...

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