Edgar Allan Poe and the Masses: The Political Economy of Literature in Antebellum America

Abstract

Preface Ch. 1 Introduction: Minor Writing and the Capital Reader Ch. 2 Horrid Laws of Political Economy Ch. 3 Fables of Circulation: Poe's influence on the Messenger Ch. 4 Poe and the Masses Pt. 2 Race and Region Ch. 5 Average Racism: Poe, Slavery, and the Wages of Literary Nationalism Ch. 6 Subtle Barbarians: Southern Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe Pt. 3 Mass Culture Ch. 7 Code for Gold: Poe and Cryptography Ch. 8 Culture of Surfaces Ch. 9 Investigating Angel: Poe, Babbage, and The Power of Words Notes Index