A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe - Life, Character and dying Declarations of the Poet

John J. Moran's "A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe" sets out to counter attacks on the poet by returning to what Poe himself said, did, and ultimately stood for. Drawing on Poe's life, his character, and the accounts surrounding his final declarations, Moran argues that the accusations against Poe—often shaped by sensational rumor and hostile interpretation—do not hold up under careful scrutiny. The book reframes Poe not as a self-destructive outsider surrounded by scandal, but as a complex literary figure whose temperament, choices, and final moments are presented as coherent with the man behind the legend. A Defense of Edgar Allan Poe - Life, Character and dying Declarations of the Poet is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885.