{"product_id":"darkness-becomes-bright-on-the-brief-life-and-immortal-art-of-edgar-allan-poe-9780593832509","title":"Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating and intimate inquiry into the shadowy life and horrifyingly compelling work of Edgar Allan Poe and why we are drawn to darkness in art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death in 1849, his stories and poems have captivated millions of readers around the world. Two centuries later, why do we continue to descend into the darkness of his imagination--and of the genres, from horror to crime, that he pioneered? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this spellbinding and singular book, Guggenheim Fellow and Whiting grant recipient Emily Ogden plumbs the darkness within Poe and enters it alongside him. She interweaves stories from his mysterious and tragic life--from his strange disappearances and tortured romances to his nearly fatal use of opium--with those of his most famous readers and translators, including poet Charles Baudelaire, writer Julio Cortázar, and psychoanalyst Marie Bonaparte, a descendant of Napoleon and a patient of Sigmund Freud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing their passionate attachments to Poe--and Ogden's own, unexpectedly sparked when she taught an introductory Poe course at the University of Virginia, where Poe himself was once a student--\u003ci\u003eDarkness Becomes Bright\u003c\/i\u003e makes a different case for literature from the one we most often hear. This exquisite volume shows how Poe's vision and its echoes across the generations allow us to make peace with our own flawed humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593832509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emily Ogden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933811372213,"sku":"9780593832509","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/darkness-becomes-bright-on-the-brief-life-and-immortal-art-of-edgar-allan-poe-9780593832509","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}