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Poe: Defined as Schoolboy, but Definition as a Novelist Is Too Novel

Poe: Defined as Schoolboy, but Definition as a Novelist Is Too Novel To the Editor.— In the February 10, 1989, issue of JAMA, a discussion of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and porphyria misrepresented aspects of Edgar Allan Poe's life.1 I will begin at the end of the article, the closing sentence of which begins, "However, as one of the greatest American novelists, Poe apparently observed..." Poe wrote only one novel in his 20-year career, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, published serially in 1837 and in July 1838 in New York as a book. Pym is not generally considered to be among Poe's best works, and, in any case, one novel does not a Dickens make.2,3 Moreover, earlier in the last paragraph the authors attempt to tie Poe's years as a schoolboy in Britain, the malady of George III, and "The Fall of the House of Usher" into a neat package. Poe was born in 1809 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Poe: Defined as Schoolboy, but Definition as a Novelist Is Too Novel

JAMA , Volume 264 (5) – Aug 1, 1990

Poe: Defined as Schoolboy, but Definition as a Novelist Is Too Novel

Abstract



To the Editor.—
In the February 10, 1989, issue of JAMA, a discussion of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and porphyria misrepresented aspects of Edgar Allan Poe's life.1 I will begin at the end of the article, the closing sentence of which begins, "However, as one of the greatest American novelists, Poe apparently observed..." Poe wrote only one novel in his 20-year career, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, published serially in 1837 and in July 1838 in New...
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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1990 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1990.03450050029012
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Abstract

To the Editor.— In the February 10, 1989, issue of JAMA, a discussion of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and porphyria misrepresented aspects of Edgar Allan Poe's life.1 I will begin at the end of the article, the closing sentence of which begins, "However, as one of the greatest American novelists, Poe apparently observed..." Poe wrote only one novel in his 20-year career, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, published serially in 1837 and in July 1838 in New York as a book. Pym is not generally considered to be among Poe's best works, and, in any case, one novel does not a Dickens make.2,3 Moreover, earlier in the last paragraph the authors attempt to tie Poe's years as a schoolboy in Britain, the malady of George III, and "The Fall of the House of Usher" into a neat package. Poe was born in 1809

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 1, 1990

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