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Showing posts with label Maria Clemm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maria Clemm. Show all posts
Monday, January 24, 2011

Marginalia

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In his recent book, "Poe in His Own Time," Benjamin F. Fisher made reference to Elizabeth Oakes Smith's copious writings about...
Monday, November 8, 2010

In Defense of Maria Clemm (Part Three)

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4. Mrs. Clemm's fourth and final affront against the sensibilities of the biographers is the fact that she allowed Rufus W. Griswold to...
Monday, November 1, 2010

In Defense of Maria Clemm (Part Two of Three)

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2. The next indictment against Mrs. Clemm centers around The Purloined Book. From what we know of this strange and poorly-defined story, wh...
Monday, October 25, 2010

In Defense of Maria Clemm (Part One of Three)

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Poe's aunt/mother-in-law is often nearly as disparaged, albeit for different reasons, as her beloved "Eddie." Poe's early ...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Yet Another Libel Against Poe

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In 1898, Rufus Griswold's son William published what he claimed was the text of a letter Frances S. Osgood wrote to William's father...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Quote of the Day

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"Eddie finished Virginia's education himself, and, I assure you, she was highly cultivated. She was an excellent linguist, and a p...
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