The Literati: Some honest opinions about Autorial Merits and Demerits, with Occasional Words of Personality. Together with Marginalia, Suggestions and Essays. With a sketch of the author by Rufus Wilmot Griswold
New York: J.S. Redfield, Publisher, 1852. Cloth. Black decorative cloth. Xxxix, 607 pp. A lengthy collection of essays by Edgar Allan Poe critiquing and reviewing many authors and poets of his day, mixing in personal opinion and gossip, sometimes resulting in rebuttals and personal attacks. POOR condition, ex-library. Binding and..... More

