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Edgar Allan Poe wields more influence in the spheres of literature and popular culture on a world scale than any other US author. This influence, however, does not rely on the quality of Poe’s texts alone nor on the compellingly tragic nature of his biography; his reputation and his ubiquitous presence owe much of their longevity to the ways Poe has been interpreted and portrayed by his advocates—other writers, translators, literary critics, literary historians, illustrators, film makers, musicians—and packaged by various mediators in the literary field, especially editors and anthologizers. As this study demonstrates, the division between Poe’s advocates and the mediators who organize his work for consumption by the reading public can be very porous since many of Poe’s most adamant proponents—Charles Baudelaire and Julio Cortázar, for example—also anthologized, edited, and/or translated his works. Anthologizing Poe: Editions, Translations, and (Trans)national Canons focuses on the works produced by Poe’s anthologizers and editors, both the famous and the lesser-known, whose labor often takes place behind the scenes. Poe’s editors and anthologizers exercise real power, and over the last 170 years, they have crafted and framed the various Poes we recognize, revere, cherish, and critique today.

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Anthologizing Poe constitutes a landmark in the appreciation of how thousands of readers across generations have approached Poe: anthologies. The subject of this book has not always been the target of academic debate, so Esplin and Vale de Gato have come to offset that by gathering some of the most influential voices on Poe today.-- Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos Anthologizing Poe is a major achievement and a landmark resource on book history in America.-- Poe Studies Exactly how anthologies, in all their different forms, can shape our perception of an author is a fascinating topic. Edgar Allan Poe--one of the world's most important and popular writers--is the ideal focus for such a study. This groundbreaking book promises to transform our understanding of how Poe is read, today as well as in the past, not only in the United States but throughout the world.--Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Monsignor Murray Professor in Arts and Humanities and past president of the Poe Studies Association This excellent and innovative study updates the appeal of Poe's work by researching translations and anthologies that bring his creativity to readers in many languages and cultures.--Lois Vines, professor of French, distinguished professor of humanities, Ohio University

"Anthologizing Poe constitutes a landmark in the appreciation of how thousands of readers across generations have approached Poe: anthologies. The subject of this book has not always been the target of academic debate, so Esplin and Vale de Gato have come to offset that by gathering some of the most influential voices on Poe today.-- ""Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos"" Anthologizing Poe is a major achievement and a landmark resource on book history in America.-- ""Poe Studies"" Exactly how anthologies, in all their different forms, can shape our perception of an author is a fascinating topic. Edgar Allan Poe--one of the world's most important and popular writers--is the ideal focus for such a study. This groundbreaking book promises to transform our understanding of how Poe is read, today as well as in the past, not only in the United States but throughout the world.--Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Monsignor Murray Professor in Arts and Humanities and past president of the Poe Studies Association This excellent and innovative study updates the appeal of Poe's work by researching translations and anthologies that bring his creativity to readers in many languages and cultures.--Lois Vines, professor of French, distinguished professor of humanities, Ohio University"

Exactly how anthologies, in all their different forms, can shape our perception of an author is a fascinating topic. Edgar Allan Poe--one of the world's most important and popular writers--is the ideal focus for such a study. This groundbreaking book promises to transform our understanding of how Poe is read, today as well as in the past, not only in the United States but throughout the world.--Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, past president of the Poe Studies Association This excellent and innovative study updates the appeal of Poe's work by researching translations and anthologies that bring his creativity to readers in many languages and cultures.--Lois Vines, Professor of French, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, Ohio University

"Exactly how anthologies, in all their different forms, can shape our perception of an author is a fascinating topic. Edgar Allan Poe--one of the world's most important and popular writers--is the ideal focus for such a study. This groundbreaking book promises to transform our understanding of how Poe is read, today as well as in the past, not only in the United States but throughout the world. Exactly how anthologies, in all their different forms, can shape our perception of an author is a fascinating topic. Edgar Allan Poe--one of the world's most important and popular writers--is the ideal focus for such a study. This groundbreaking book promises to transform our understanding of how Poe is read, today as well as in the past, not only in the United States but throughout the world.--Susan Elizabeth Sweeney, Monsignor Murray Professor in Arts and Humanities and past president of the Poe Studies Association This excellent and innovative study updates the appeal of Poe's work by researching translations and anthologies that bring his creativity to readers in many languages and cultures. This excellent and innovative study updates the appeal of Poe's work by researching translations and anthologies that bring his creativity to readers in many languages and cultures.--Lois Vines, professor of French, distinguished professor of humanities, Ohio University Anthologizing Poe constitutes a landmark in the appreciation of how thousands of readers across generations have approached Poe: anthologies. The subject of this book has not always been the target of academic debate, so Esplin and Vale de Gato have come to offset that by gathering some of the most influential voices on Poe today. Anthologizing Poe constitutes a landmark in the appreciation of how thousands of readers across generations have approached Poe: anthologies. The subject of this book has not always been the target of academic debate, so Esplin and Vale de Gato have come to offset that by gathering some of the most influential voices on Poe today. -- ""Revista de Estudios Norteamericanos"" Anthologizing Poe is a major achievement and a landmark resource on book history in America. Anthologizing Poe is a major achievement and a landmark resource on book history in America. -- ""Poe Studies"""

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Emron Esplin is associate professor of English at Brigham Young University, Margarida Vale de Gato is assistant professor of translation and U.S. literature at the Universidade de Lisboa.

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