Kevin Hayes examines the impact of nineteenth-century print culture on Edgar Allan Poe's work.

Preface; 1. The student and the book; 2. Poetry in manuscript and print; 3. Baltimore book culture; 4. Booksellers' banquet; 5. The novel; 6. Poe's library; 7. Cheap books and expensive magazines; 8. The road to Literary America; Notes; Bibliography; Index.