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The Examined Life

The anti-Bostonian

By Joshua Glenn
May 8, 2005

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WHEN HE DIED in 1849 at age 40, Edgar Allan Poe’s literary reputation was at its nadir. Why? According to ‘‘Poe’’ (Mississippi), a new biography by James M. Hutchisson, the writer’s ostracism from American literary culture can be chalked up to his unwise battles with influential Bostonian wordsmiths. (Full article: 309 words)

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