Harry Lee Poe is the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture at Union University. He is the author of several books, including Edgar Allan Poe: An Illustrated Companion to His Tell-Tale Stories; The Inklings of Oxford; and What God Knows: Time and the Question of Divine Knowledge.
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Preface 1 The Problem of Edgar Allan Poe 2 The Problem of Suffering 3 The Problem of Beauty 4 The Problem of Love 5 The Problem of Justice 6 The Problem of the Universe 7 Ex Poe's Facto Notes Index
"The author is at his best when he's tackling Poe's life story and the ways in which it has been distorted. His case against Rufus Griswold's (largely successful) attempt to hijack Poe's reputation after his death is especially compelling, as are his efforts to cut through the mystique and legend to reveal an individual of good manners and strong principles. The portrait that emerges is of a multi-dimensional man who was capable of both experiencing and writing about a full range of emotions-and wasn't merely enthralled with the horrific or grotesque themes for which he's so well remembered." -Publishers Weekly "I recommend this book to anyone interested in philosophical and theological approaches to one of America's most widely-recognized but least-understood authors." - Philip Edward Phillips, Middle Tennessee State University, Renewing Minds

