Examines the individual author's entire body of work and on his/her single works of literature.

On Poe's tales / --Biography of Edgar Allan Poe / -- The Paris review perspective / -- A debt owed, a debt paid? Poe's literary cultural heritage / -- Introduction to Poe criticism / -- "Hypocrite lecteur" : the reader as accomplice in Poe's short stories / -- Edgar Allan Poe's fantastic short stories / -- Irresistible impulses : Edgar Allan Poe and the insanity defense / -- The limits of reason : Poe's deluded detectives / -- What happens in "The fall of the house of Usher"? / -- Poe and the powers of the mind / -- The motive for murder in "The cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe / -- The problem of realism in "The gold bug" / -- The self-consuming narrator in Poe's "Ligeia" and "Usher" / -- Poe's re-vision : the recovery of the second story / -- Absolute Poe : his system of transcendental racism / Maurice S. Lee. On The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe -- Biography of Edgar Allan Poe -- The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: The Paris Review Perspective -- A Debt Owed, a Debt Paid: Poe’s Literary Cultural Heritage -- Introduction to Poe Criticism -- “Hypocrite Lecteur”: The Reader as Accomplice in Poe’s Short Stories -- Edgar Allan Poe’s Fantastic Short Stories -- Irresistible Impulses: Edgar Allan Poe and the Insanity Defense -- The Limits of Reason: Poe’s Deluded Detectives -- What Happens in “The Fall of the House of Usher”? -- Poe and the Powers of the Mind -- The Motive for Murder in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe -- The Problem of Realism in “The Gold Bug” -- The Self-Consuming Narrator in Poe’s “Ligeia” and “Usher” -- Poe’s Re-Vision: The Recovery of the Second Story -- Absolute Poe: His System of Transcendental Racism -- Chronology of Edgar Allan Poe’s Life -- Works by Edgar Allan Poe -- Bibliography: The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.