Books by Daniel Hoffman
“Hoffman is a very talented poet and critic who brings the right spirit to his project by making his own relationship with Poe’s writing a part of his study…Hoffman gets at the fact that Poe creates incredibly absorptive stories and poems. If you like them, you disappear into them, they become their own world. Poe stories aren’t aimed at illuminating the real world in a literal way, they create an alternative experience. Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe is a lot of fun to read. It’s playful and experimental, providing an account of the ways that Poe shaped Hoffman’s sense of his own possibilities as a writer.” Read more...
The Best Edgar Allan Poe Books
Shawn Rosenheim, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Daniel Hoffman were recommended
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Poe: Poetry, Tales, and Selected Essays
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The Detective Stories of Edgar Allan Poe: Three Tales Featuring C. Auguste Dupin
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Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography
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Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe
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Pym: A Novel
by Mat Johnson
The Best Edgar Allan Poe Books, recommended by Shawn Rosenheim
The Best Edgar Allan Poe Books, recommended by Shawn Rosenheim
You can’t turn on a television or pass an airport bookstore without seeing the influence of America’s most generative writer, Edgar Allan Poe. He orginated true life crime and detective fiction, sci-fi and horror story tropes, and wrote unforgettable poems. Poe expert Shawn Rosenheim, a professor at Williams College, recommends where to start with Poe, as well as the best books about his influence.
