Article: Private Perry and Mister Poe--The West Point Poems, 1831, Edgar Allan Poe.(Book review)

Article: Author examines Poe's character in West ...
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  May 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... novel is silent throughout. West Point provides a backdrop that, like Poe, is familiar to the public ... certainly doesn't explain Poe's presence. "Poe spent these rather feckless seven months at West Point," says Bayard. "I was ...

Article: Private Perry and Mister Poe: The West Point ...
Hollins Critic;  February 1, 2006 ;     659 words ...Private Perry and Mister Poe: The West Point Poems, 1831, Facsimile Edition. Edited with an Introduction ... produced volume is a significant addition to contemporary Poe scholarship (and to Poe readers in general) both because it contains a facsimile ...

Article: The raven that came a-knocking at Poe's door, BUSINESS ...
Business Times (Malaysia);  July 13, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... an unusual life. Poe once enlisted in the army and even went to West Point, where he "contrived ... After six months, Poe apparently contrived to be dismissed from West Point for disobedience ... incident? Yes. Poe obviously must have ... impressed the cadets at West ...

Article: POE, FOUNDER OF DETECTIVE FICTION, WAS REAL MYSTERY
Evansville Courier & Press;  August 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Military Academy at West Point. However, Poe chose to drop out of ... the superintendent of West Point to solve the murder of one of Poe's fellow cadets ... unlikely student at West Point. By this time, Poe had already published ...

Article: Of Poe and Lee and other West Points.(military education ...
The American Enterprise;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... problems. The education at West Point is excellent for a writer ... cutter named Edgar Allan Poe, whose "wayward and ... classmates, who had enjoyed Poe's scabrous and scandalous ... disgust, however, Poe's printed poetry had ... whatever to do with them or West Point. The classic ...

Transcript: Two Writers Turn Poe into a Literary Character
NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  July 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... during the seven months Poe spent as a West Point cadet in 1830. The author ... down regime. VITALE: Poe was already a published ... poet when he entered West Point. Bayard's novel is peppered with allusions to Poe's later work, prefiguring ...

Article: Poe, Edgar Allan
U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ... ... of Edgar A. Perry, Poe rose to the rank of sergeant ... seek an appointment at West Point Academy. He thought ... and critic John Neal. Poe visited Allan in Richmond ... violent quarrel. The West Point appointment came through ... next month, but, since Poe no longer had any use ...