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The Mind of Poe and Other Studies by Killis Campbell - First Edition - 1933 - from Ravenroost Books and Biblio.com

The Mind of Poe and Other Studies

by Campbell, Killis

Condition: Good

Cambridge Massachusets: Harvard University Press, 1933. 238pgs. Good condition brown cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, usual ex-library markings in the usual places, former owner name on copyright page and preface, otherwise clean throughout, binding tight. Cornerstone biography and literary commentary on Edgar Allan Poe, his personal life, personality, eclectic education and background and his sometimes self-revelatory body of work. Sections: The Mind of Poe, Contemporary Opinion of Poe, The Poe-Griswold Controversy, The Backgrounds of Poe, Self-Revelation in Poe's Poems and Tales, The Origins of Poe and The Poe Canon. #2541.. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Good. 12mo - 5 x 7.5 Inches. Ex-Library.

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