Edgar Allan Poe in Context

List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Part I. Geographical Contexts: 1. Great Britain Christopher Gair; 2. The south James Hutchisson; 3. The American west Nathaniel Lewis; 4. The sea David Dowling; 5. France Andrea Goulet; 6. The Near East Travis Montgomery; 7. The polar regions Mark Canada; Part II. Social Contexts: 8. The urban environment Bran Nicol; 9. Curiosity Lindsey Hursh; 10. Alcohol, addiction, and rehabilitation Paul Fisher; 11. Fashion, furnishings, and style Patricia A. Cunningham; 12. The American stage Philip E. Phillips; 13. Lions and bluestockings Anne Boyd Rioux; 14. Slavery and abolitionism Paul Christian Jones; 15. The cult of mourning Therese M. Rizzo; Part III. The Contexts of Publishing: 16. The literary profession John Evelev; 17. Magazines Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock; 18. Gift books Kathryn K. Shinn; 19. Literary piracy Michael Everton; 20. The art of reviewing Jonathan Hartmann; 21. The politics of publishing Amy Branam; Part IV. Literary Contexts: 22. Ancient classics Gregory Hays; 23. Rabelais and Lesage Lois Davis Vines; 24. The Gothic movement Alan Brown; 25. Byron Chris Beyers; 26. Folk narrative Katherine Kim; 27. Transcendentalism Heidi Silcox; 28. Charles Dickens Tara Moore; 29. Nathaniel Hawthorne and the art of the tale Meghan A. Freeman; Part V. Scientific and Pseudoscientific Contexts: 30. Phrenology Brett Zimmerman; 31. Photography Satwik Dasgupta; 32. Mesmerism Bruce Mills; 33. Architecture Alvin Holm; 34. Fiction science Peter Swirski; 35. Cosmology and cosmogony Jonathan Taylor; 36. Forensic science Benjamin F. Fisher; 37. Technology John Tresch; Further reading.