Introduction

Amy Branam Armiento and Travis Montgomery

Part I: Recognition

“The Vast Pantheon of Speculation”: Edgar Allan Poe and His Women Biographers Sandra Tomc

Spiritual Dialogues: Lydia Maria Child, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Politics of Unity

Adam Bradford

Fifty Years of Women’s Scholarship on Poe

Amy Branam Armiento

Transnational Poe: Women Scholars Abroad

Clara Petino

Part II: Revision

“Can You See Me?”: Poe’s Female Characters and the Struggle for Self-Definition on Film

Alexandra Reuber

“And She Grew Strangely”: Poe, Women, and Comics

John Edward Martin

“Sort of E. A. Poeish”: Edgar Allan Poe and Female Pulp Writers

Kevin Knott

Traces of Poe’s House of Usher in the Work of Contemporary Women Horror Writers

Melanie R. Anderson

Afterword: Maureen Cobb Mabbott and The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Travis Montgomery

About the Author

Amy Branam Armiento is professor of English at Frostburg State University.

Travis Montgomery is associate professor of English at Oklahoma Christian University.

Reviews

It's long been recognized that the spirited female characters of Poe's imagination could not stay buried, no matter how poetical their deaths might be. But this fascinating volume charts new territory by enabling recognition of the actual women who championed, confronted, and adapted Poe's work - including biographers who defended it, scholars who interpreted it in new ways, and storytellers who continue to trace the subversive power of Poe's heroines in film and other media.

Poe and Women is a fascinating exploration of over a century of women artists, editors, translators, and scholars dedicated to and inspired by Poe. Written in a readable style and beautifully edited, Poe and Women is a valuable resource on women's creative and intellectual responses to Poe's life and work.

Table of Contents

About the Author

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