William F. Hecker is in a unique position to appreciate the influence that military culture and training had on the young Edgar Allan Poe. A professional artilleryman and a Poe scholar, Hecker offers a lively, nuanced account of Poe's experience as an enlisted soldier and West Point cadet and relates it to his writing, especially his Poems (1831), presented here in facsimile for the first time since 1936. In 1827 Poe joined the army under the name Edgar A. Perry. He rose quickly through the ranks - most notably learning ...
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William F. Hecker is in a unique position to appreciate the influence that military culture and training had on the young Edgar Allan Poe. A professional artilleryman and a Poe scholar, Hecker offers a lively, nuanced account of Poe's experience as an enlisted soldier and West Point cadet and relates it to his writing, especially his Poems (1831), presented here in facsimile for the first time since 1936. In 1827 Poe joined the army under the name Edgar A. Perry. He rose quickly through the ranks - most notably learning cannon drill - but suffered as a social misfit in the field and at West Point, where legends about a brilliantly defiant jester still abound. Shortly after being dismissed from the Military Academy for neglecting his duties, Poe published his third book of verse, Poems (1831), which he dedicated to his fellow West Point cadets and funded through subscriptions to them. Hecker explores these events, filling in biographical gaps and drawing connections to Poe's poetic vision. With a foreword by poet and Poe critic Daniel Hoffman and an afterword by Gerard A. McGowan addressing the martial element in the poems "Tamerlane" and "To Helen," among others, Private Perry and Mister Poe offers the definitive statement about Poe's military experience while making the early versions of many of his most famous poems widely available.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Facsimile edition. Foreword by Daniel Hoffman. Blue silk stamped in silver gilt. Fine in a fine printed wrap-around jacket on rear board only as issued. Poetry written by Edgar Allan Poe (a.k.a. Edgar Allan Perry) during his time spent at West Point.
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