Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849 : Entry devoted to the short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) -- George Augustus Sala, 1828-1895 : English journalist, editor, essayist, novelist, travel writer, short-fiction writer, biographer, and autobiographer -- Lydia Howard Sigourney, 1791-1865 : American poet, sketch and short-story writer, essayist, novelist, biographer, memoirist,autobiographer, and children's writer. Presents literary criticism on the works of nineteenth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, broadsheets, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Criticism includes early views from the author's lifetime as well as later views, including extensive collections of contemporary analysis
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