The Haunted Palace (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Frances Winwar
- First Published: 1959
- Time of Work: 1809–1849
- Setting: Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, and Virginia
- Principal Characters: Edgar Allan Poe, David Poe, Jr., Betty Poe, John Allan, Frances Allan, Maria Clemm, Virginia Clemm, Rufus Wilmot Griswold
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Alienation, Poetry or poets, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Substance abuse, Storytelling, Mysteries, Biography, Horror
- Locales: Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts
Form and Content
The Haunted Palace: A Life of Edgar Allan Poe is what is generally referred to as a definitive biography. Frances Winwar covers her subject’s life in detail from his birth to death, attempting to arrive at the key that will explain his character. The book is heavily footnoted, with references not only to books and articles by and about Poe but also to letters and unpublished manuscripts, showing Winwar’s depth of study. The Haunted Palace contains many quotations from Poe’s works, with explications intended to relate their contents directly...
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