The Last Letters of Edgar Allan Poe to Sarah Helen Whitman : in commemoration of the hundredth anniv

by James A. Harrison

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Genres: Poetry

66 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Tom]

Published under the auspices of the University of Virginia commemorating his 100th anniversary of his birth the correspondence between Poe and Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman. "Poe's contract of marriage with Mrs. Whitman is here given for the first time in book form. Mrs. Whitman's most intimate living friends do not believe that she ever intended to marry Poe; but this the marriage contract and the lady's intense sincerity of soul, her never-ceasing love for the poet, and her expression in one of the unpublished letters of her 'unutterable affection for him,' contradict this belief. Her eloquent defense of Poe against his critics proclaims in every line her admiring affection and the beautiful poems addressed to him by her confirm the statement." (pp. 2-3) And Boy! let me tell you this guy could really write a really really hot love letter nineteenth century style that would make any lady's heart melt and her toes curl. Oh! to have a beau who was a master poet, Helen would have probably expected nothing less.

[Grace McKenney]

Honestly, I don't have any strong opinions on this piece, yet it was coincidental that I happened to have read it and discussed it on Valentine's Day!