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The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Biography

Quinn, Arthur Hobson. Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 804 p.

Definitive biography of Poe, originally published in 1941. Includes background information and a brief analysis of "The Tell-Tale Heart."

Criticism

Davidson, Edward. Poe: A Critical Study. Cambridge: Bellknap Press of Harvard University, 1957, 296 p.

Landmark study of Poe's place in American literature and the Romantic tradition that makes brief mention of "The Tell-Tale Heart."

Gargano, James W. "The Question of Poe's Narrators." College English XXV (1963): 178-80.

Discussion of several stories, including brief remarks on "The Tell-Tale Heart" urging that Poe's style should not be confused with that of the narrator of the tale.

Krappe, Edith S. "A Possible...

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