Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever Called Living (Icons) (17 page)

death

of Allan, Frances,
21

of Allan, John,
26

of Clemm, Maria,
105

metaphysics of,
89
–
90

of Poe,
98
–
99
,
104
–
5
,
112
–
13

of Poe, David, Jr.,
3

of Poe, Henry,
24

of Poe, Virginia Clemm,
80

Poe’s desire for,
90
,
95
,
98

as theme,
23
,
41
,
43
,
66
,
81
–
82
,
98

toasting tradition for,
1

debts,
12
–
14
,
19
,
22
,
32
,
52

“A Decided Loss” (Poe),
25

delirium tremens,
94
,
98

depression,
29
–
30
,
52
–
55
,
80
–
83

detective genre

creation of,
48
–
51

development of,
58
–
60
,
104

Dickens, Charles,
49
,
64

The Dollar Newspaper
,
56
–
57

“The Domain of Arnheim” (Poe),
82

Dostoevsky, Fyodor,
104

Dow, Jesse,
55

Doyle, Arthur Conan,
104

drinking.
See
alcoholism

Dupin, Auguste (fictional),
48
–
49
,
59
–
60

Duyckinck, Evert,
38
,
70
,
81
,
85

editorial work,
26
,
28
–
35
,
42
–
46
,
64
–
65

education

in London,
5
–
6

in Richmond,
7
–
9

at University of Virginia,
10
–
13

at West Point,
22
–
23

Ellet, Elizabeth,
74
–
75

Ellis, Charles,
7

Ellis, Thomas,
7

Ellis & Allan,
4
,
9
,
109

England,
5
–
6

English, Thomas Dunn,
75
,
77
–
78

The English Spelling Book
,
5
–
6

Eureka: A Prose Poem
(Poe),
83
,
86
–
90

“The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” (Poe),
73

“Fairy-Land” (Poe),
21

“The Fall of the House of Usher” (Poe),
42
–
43

fame,
56
–
57
,
67
–
70
,
81
,
103
–
4

Fay, Theodore,
34

“Field Sports and Manly Pastimes” (Poe),
42

The Flag of the Union
,
92
–
93

Fordham,
75
–
76

“A Fragment” (Poe as W.H.P.),
20
–
21
,
110

France,
48
–
49
,
81
,
103
–
4

Fuller, Margaret,
70

Gaffy nickname,
11

gambling,
12
–
14

Gentleman’s Magazine
. See
Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine
;
Graham’s Magazine

Germanism,
44

The Gift
,
43
,
67

girlfriends,
10
,
95
–
96
.
See also
love

Godey’s Magazine
,
77
–
78

Godwin, William,
49

“The Gold-Bug” (Poe),
56
–
57
,
62
–
63

Gothicism,
41
,
43
,
78
,
93

Gowans, William,
36

Graham, George,
47
,
52
,
101

Graham’s Magazine
,
47
,
52
,
57
,
67

Great Britain,
5
–
6

Greely, Horace,
92

Greenwich Village,
61
–
62

Grey, Edward S. T. (alias),
91

grief,
81
–
83
.
See also
depression

Griswold, Rufus,
81
,
92
,
99
–
102

hallucinations,
94
–
95
,
98

“Hans Pfaall” (Poe),
29
,
106

“The Happiest Day” (Poe),
16

Harper, James,
36

Harper & Brothers,
35
,
36
,
41

Harrison, Gabriel,
64
–
65

Hawthorne, Nathaniel,
35

Hecla
(ship),
19

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth,
71
–
72

hoaxes,
29
,
63
–
64
,
73

hollow-earth theory,
37
,
38
,
88
,
98

“Hop-Frog” (Poe),
93

Horace,
7

Horne, Richard,
66

horror satire,
24
–
25
,
27
–
28

identity

anonymity and,
15
–
16

Gaffy nickname,
11

Grey alias,
91

as Harrison,
64
–
65

Outis alias,
68

Perley alias,
65

Perry alias,
19
–
21

Le Rennet alias,
14
–
18

as theme,
41
,
89

as W.H.P.,
20
,
110

as Wyatt,
41

illness

of Poe, Edgar Allan,
79
–
81
,
94
–
95
,
97
–
98

of Poe, Virginia Clemm,
51
–
52
,
62
,
74
,
80

“The Imp of the Perverse” (Poe),
71

insanity

of Poe,
94
–
95
,
98

as theme,
53
,
66
,
71
,
78

Irving, Washington,
43

Jefferson, Thomas,
10

jobs

boarding house,
32

critique,
33
–
34
,
68
–
69
,
71
,
77
–
79

departures and firings from,
35
,
46
,
52

desk,
54
–
55

lecturing,
58
,
69
,
71
,
84
–
86
,
96

magazine editor,
26
,
28
–
35
,
42
–
46
,
64
–
65

warehouse,
13
,
14
–
15

The Journal of Julius Rodman
(Poe),
46

Kennedy, John Pendleton,
26
,
27
,
31

Kidd, Captain,
56
–
57
,
62
–
63
,
112

The Knickerbocker
,
46

language skills,
7
–
8
,
12

Latrobe, John,
26
,
106

laudanum,
90

Lea & Blanchard,
44

lecturing,
58
,
69
,
71
,
84
–
86
,
96

libel suit,
77
–
78
,
81

“Ligeia” (Poe),
40
–
41

Lincoln, Abraham,
103

Lippard, George,
94
–
95

Literary America
(Poe),
79
,
80

“The Literati of New York City” (Poe),
77

Locke, Richard Adams,
29

logic skills,
41
,
46
,
76

London,
5
–
6

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
68
–
69
,
102

love

for Clemm, Virginia,
24
,
31
–
33
,
51
,
74

lost, theme of,
16
–
18
,
30
–
31
,
66
,
81
–
82

Poe’s first,
8

for Royster, Elmira,
10
,
95
–
96
,
97

for Whitman, Sarah Helen,
91
–
92

Lowell, James Russell,
53
,
57
,
67
,
70
–
71

Madison, James,
12

“Maezel’s Chess Player” (Poe),
46

magazines

Alexander’s Weekly Messenger
,
44
–
46

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine
,
25
,
43
,
52
–
53

Broadway Journal
,
68
–
71
,
72
,
73

Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine
,
42
–
43
,
46
–
47

Graham’s Magazine
,
47
,
52
,
57
,
67

industry,
27
,
35

Penn Magazine
,
46
–
47

Poe’s jobs in,
26
,
28
–
35
,
42
–
46
,
64
–
65

Poe’s ownership of,
46
–
47
,
54
,
55
,
72
,
73
,
93
–
94

Poe’s works published in,
20
–
22
,
24
–
31
,
42
–
48
,
73
,
76
–
79

Southern Literary Messenger
,
27
–
35
,
36
,
89

The Stylus
,
54
,
55
,
89
,
93
–
94

“The Man of the Crowd” (Poe),
47

Manual of Conchology
(Wyatt),
41
,
43

“Marmaduke Hammerhead” (English),
78

marriage

to Clemm, Virginia,
31
–
33

to Royster,
97

to Whitman, Sarah Helen,
91
–
92

Mason, Monck,
63

“The Masque of the Red Death” (Poe),
51
–
52

“Mellonta Tauta” (Poe),
85
–
86

Memoirs
(Vidocq),
49

memorial monument,
105
–
6
,
113

metaphysics,
83
,
84
–
90

“Metzengerstein” (Poe),
24

military,
19
–
24

“Ms. Found in a Bottle” (Poe),
25
–
26

Monroe, James,
12

“Moon Hoax” (Adams),
64

Moran, John,
98

“Morella” (Poe),
28

Morning Express
,
79

multiple universes,
87

“The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (Poe),
48
–
49
,
50
,
51
,
81

“The Mystery of Marie Roget” (Poe),
50
–
51
,
59

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
(Poe),
36
–
38
,
98
,
104

Neal, John,
21
–
22

New York

Bookseller’s Dinner in,
35
–
36

Fordham,
75
–
76

Greenwich Village,
61
–
62

lecturing in,
84
–
86

Poe family in,
3

Poe’s move back to,
61
–
62
,
70
,
75
–
76

West Point,
22
–
23

New York Herald
,
99

New York Mirror
,
64
,
67

newspapers

Poe’s obituary in,
99

Poe’s works published in,
56
–
57
,
63
–
64
,
92
–
93

Nicholls, Mary Gove,
75
–
76

Norman Leslie
(Fay),
34

North American
(magazine),
20
,
110

North Pole,
19
–
20

Notes from Underground
(Dostoevsky),
104

novels

Pym
,
36
–
38
,
98
,
104

Rodman
,
46

obituaries,
99
.
See also
death