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Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe

Daniel Hoffman

"[This book] is the exploration by a distinguished American poet and critic of his own lifelong fascination with the work of Edgar Allan Poe. ... Delving ... into the clues to Poe's achievement--as poet, as aesthetician, as inventor of science fiction and the mystery tale, as explorer of the human soul--Daniel Hoffman builds a sympathetic case for this tormented author, baring the secret of his 'inescapable truths' and the hold they have on his readers."--Dust jacket.

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Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor1973FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Edgar Allan Poe90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Daniel Hoffman argues that Edgar Allan Poe’s “inescapable truths” explain the lasting hold his readers feel, and Hoffman's lifelong fascination supports a sympathetic case for Poe.

    Model confidence 42%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.