This introductory section outlines the major changes to the Poe Classification scheme. For classification purposes, please ignore this section, and proceed to the next, The Poe class numbers.
The present version of the Poe Classification contains revisions of the classes devoted to Poe's works. One major change is the assignment of a new number A32 to cover both collected and selected nonfictional prose; this is intended mainly for Poe's works of criticism (formerly mixed in with other categories in classes such as A3, A4 or A45). To end the confusion as to whether collections of poetry should be classed in A2, Collected poems, or in A4, Selected works and anthologies, now all editions of three or more poems, with some kind of collective title, will be classed in A2, Collected poems and selected poems. For example, Three poems of Edgar Allan Poe would now be classed at 76 PO27 A2 1966, not ... A4 1966.
The classification also now assigns specific class numbers to every one of the individual Tales known to have been written by Poe, also to most of the individual poems. Each title is found in the main alphabetical; sequence of titles (Individual titles, A-X). This latter is possible since his output of poetry was not great. Assignment of numbers to individual tales and poems is desirable because they were often issued under a variety of titles; these have been cross-referenced in the main list of titles to facilitate identification. Note that many of these class numbers have not yet been used (as of February, 1996). Better-known titles of translated works have also been cross-referenced to the headings in English, especially for the French-language titles.
An individual work of questionable authorship is classed at Y98, followed by a Cutter for the title; the name of the real author is ignored in Cuttering. A reference from each individual title to the correct Cutter is included in the Individual titles list. The individual titles are not also included in the Y98 section for reasons of space.
In the subject sections, class Z15, Illustrations and portraits, has been divided into two. Class Z15 has been redefined to comprise works on the iconography of Poe, with particular reference to illustrations in or for books. Class Z17 has been devised to cover works on sculptures of Poe and his characters, such as monuments and other memorials. In addition a number has been assigned for works on Poe in the media (Z18).
Class Z2, sections A5-Z, now includes miscellaneous writings about Poe and scrapbooks of Poe materials. At the end of the first group of biography sections (Z2 A-Z), three new subdivisions have been established: Z24, Authorship, manuscripts, and sources of texts; Z25, Publishing and editing; and Z27, Influence of Poe. The second group of biography sections is unfortunately still separated from the first group by sections on criticism and bibliography. Class Z5 is now restricted to the publications of Poe-related societies. It is still followed by class Z55, now headed Poe in historical context. Association items have been removed from class Z55 and included in a new class, Z56, headed Poe in local contexts. Events connected with Poe are now grouped in the new class Z57.
Another new class, Z68, Textual criticism and commentaries, has been detached from class Z3, Criticism and interpretation, and follows dictionaries and indexes (Z6). Finally, the possibility of acquiring books dedicated to Poe or members of his family is provided for in class Z9.
Note that the section on bibliography, Z4, has been expanded to include discography, filmography, library catalogs, and works on Poe collecting.
The following works were found particularly useful in revising the Poe classification. Call numbers represent copies in Harris or in Rock unless otherwise noted.
76 PO27 A4 1984 and PS2603 1984; PS2619 A1 1984--Poetry and tales. New York, c1984; Essays and reviews. New York, c1984. The Library of America ed.
76 PO27 A1 1969--Collected works, ed. T.O. Mabbott. Cambridge, Mass., 1969- Vol. 1. Poems; vols 2-3. Tales and sketches. Appendix IV to vol. 1 contains sections on "doubtful poems" and "rejected poems," meaning poems that may have not been written by Poe. This appendix should be used in conjunction with BAL, Heartman and Campbell's Poe canon, listed below under bibliographies.
76 PO27 A4 1962a--The poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Killis Campbell. New York, 1962. Reprint of 1917 ed., the standard edition of Poe for many years.
1-SIZE 76 PO27 A4 1965a--The poems of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. Floyd Stovall. Charlottesville, c1965.
Z927 P2 139 Hum-RR--Bibliothèque nationale. Catalogue générale des livres imprimés : auteurs. Tome 139, section on Poe. Paris, 1936.
Z1225 B55 7 Hay Ref and Rock Ref--Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American literature. New Haven, 1955- Known by the abbreviation BAL. Vol. 7 contains the section on Poe (p. 115-154). Should be cited where appropriate; however many reprint editions are not included.
76 PO27 Z3 C184p--Campbell, Killis. The Poe canon. [Baltimore], 1912.
76 PO27 Z4 E926 1968--Evans, M. G. Music and Edgar Allan Poe: a bibliographical study. New York, 1968. Reprint of 1939 ed. Includes bibliography of musical settings of Poe's works until about 1939; should always be cited for this material.
76 PO27 Z4 H43 1943--Heartman, C. F. A bibliography of first printings of the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Rev. ed. Hattiesburg, Miss., 1943. Usually to be cited only when no reference is found in BAL or Pollin.
76 PO27 Z4 L827p--Loewentheil, Stephan. The Poe catalogue. Baltimore, 1992.
76 PO27 Z4 P77i and Z8699 P64 1989--Pollin, B. R. Images of Poe's works. New York, 1989. The best reference for illustrated editions of Poe, which should always be cited for such editions.
76 PO27 Z4 W5--Wyllie, J. C. A list of the texts of Poe's Tales. [Charlottesville, 1941]. Much information from this list has been included in the list of individual titles.
All currently assigned call numbers for monographs classed by the Poe Classification begin with the two lines: 76 PO27. This number has been constructed in accordance with the New Classification Procedure, as described in the section, The Harris Dated Classes. Note that the first line in each entry below is in fact the third line of the call number. Many items also use a fourth line in their call number. This may be nothing more elaborate than a publication date or other distinguishing device for a particular item, or it may be the formalized entry for a name or title different from that found on the previous line. See below for elaboration of this aspect of call numbers. Note also that no serial is currently assigned to this classification: serials are classed in Serial Coll, for information on which see The Harris Serial Classes.
The class numbers are arranged in the order found in the manual shelflist. On the left is the class number; on the right is a brief description of each class.
To class a particular title, find the appropriate entry from the table below. Occasionally that entry may not be present; it may be necessary for a new category to be established. In such a case, consult your supervisor. When in doubt as to where to class a particular title, and there are two or more possibilities for classing, prefer the class that appears earlier in the scheme.
Most of Poe's poems and nearly all of his tales and sketches have been included among the individual titles in the listing below. On the other hand, very few of his works of criticism have been included, partly because most titles are unlikely ever to be treated individually.
Many references have been made from variants of titles to the selected forms. For example, the reference, Arthur Gordon Pym, sends the user from an unused class in the A sequence to the class used in the scheme, N23, for Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym. Other references send the user from titles of collections, both original and reprint, to the class numbers used (most often from the following: A1, A2, ..., A5, or T14). For example, Book of Poe is classed at A4 (Selected works). One should always remember that a future collection issued under the title Book of Poe may have quite different content, and as such may need to be classed elsewhere in the scheme.
Note that references have also been made, on a selective basis, from titles of foreign translations of Poe's works. For example, Aéronaute hollandais refers to A56, Adventures of Hans Pfaall; Aventure dans les Montagnes rocheuses refers to T13, Tale of the Ragged Mountains. Note also that a collective title such as Ausgewählte Gedichte may refer to A5, the class for translations of collected or selected works. There are also references from titles of works not generally believed to have been written by Poe to the appropriate class number in Y98. For example, First of May refers to Y98 F52.
Wherever possible, add new titles of individual poems or tales to this scheme using the preferred form in the Library of America edition of Poe's Poetry and tales (1984). If the title is not present in that collection, consult Collected works of Edgar Allan Poe, edited by T.O. Mabbott: volume 1 if it is a poem, or volumes 2-3 if it is a tale or sketch. On rare occasions one may need to go further in order to identify the work: see bibliography for some suggestions. For Poe's essays or works of criticism, consult the Library of America edition of Essays and reviews (1984). Unfortunately there does not appear to be an outstanding work on Poe's essays or criticism from the cataloger's viewpoint. Be aware of the index to Poe's critical works found at the end of The Poe catalogue issued by Stephan Loewentheil at The 19th Century Shop, Baltimore.
In most cases a form of the title found in one of the above reference works should also form a solid basis for establishing a uniform title for the authority file when this is needed. If however the Library of Congress Name Authority file (NAF) should prefer a different form, that form should be used in constructing the Brown equivalent. An example of such an exception is NAF's Adventures of Hans Pfaall, to be preferred to the Library of America form Unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall, or Mabbott's Hans Pfaall. Be sure to disregard nonstandard punctuation in a title: Sonnet--To science should be transcribed as Sonnet, To science.
Titles beginning with the letters Y or Z: Should it be necessary to establish a call number for an individual title by Poe where the first filing word begins with the letter Y or Z, establish a class within the range Y1-Y8. It does not matter whether the first letter is a Y or a Z: class the title in Y1-Y8. This will avoid confusion with the works of questionable authorship, Y97-Y98, musical arrangements of Poe's works, Y99, and the mostly subject classes beginning with the letter Z. At present (January 1996), no such title has been established, nor does it seem likely that one will be in the foreseable future. However a long lost title by Poe could surface at any time: we are prepared in case it does!
Note that articles are omitted from the beginning of all titles, except where they assist in distinguishing between otherwise identical titles (as Enigma and An enigma). In such a case the article is given following a comma and one space after the title: Enigma, An.
Class titles of collections where the first words represent at least one title of a component of a work as if only the first work were present, unless a specific class number has been assigned to the work, or a reference exists to another title. So class The gold bug, and other tales and poems with other editions of The gold bug, not with T14, Tales. However class all editions of The raven and other poems at R25, a different number from separate editions of The raven, R26. (R24 would have been a better number--nothing before something!--but it is too late to change this.)
Class bilingual editions of texts, containing the text in the original language, with texts in the original language. Disregard earlier practice to the contrary. Do the same with multilingual editions: class such editions with texts in the original language.
Fourth line of the call number: In the table below, this appears as the second line (indicated in the table only as [date] or as A-Z, etc.--for fuller information see examples at end.) In the Poe scheme, the main entry of an item, or an alternative entry such as the name of an editor, is used in the line below an individual title for a work of biography, criticism, or bibliography. Unlike other sections of the Harris Classification, this entry is not preceded by an x, y or z (some items that had been classed this way have been reclassed for consistency.) Such entries are also used in classes Y97-Y99 and Z1-Z9 for authors or titles of works of questionable authorship; musical arrangers; adapters; authors of poems addressed to Poe; writers on Poe subjects; and authors of dedications to Poe in books.
Important note: Many changes have been introduced into this edition of the Poe Classification. A number of items are now to be found in the "wrong" (previous) classification. In general, do not reclass items already in the database, such as the Poems (1831 ed.), classed at A4 instead of A2. A few items have been reclassed, however, either to avoid confusion, or to be used as examples.
| A1 [date] | Collected works. Includes only collections of poetry and prose. They do not have to be complete, but must be more than just "selections." When in doubt, prefer A1 |
| A2 [date] | Collected poems; Selected poems. Includes editions of Poems (1831 ed.), also editions of three or more poems with collective title |
| A3 [date] | Collected prose; Selected prose (more than three individual titles). They must contain both nonfictional and fictional prose. Class works containing major nonfictional prose at A32; class minor nonfictional prose at A45; class fictional prose (chiefly short stories or "tales") at T14 or T17 |
| A32 [date] | Collected major nonfictional prose; Selected major nonfictional prose. Includes essays, criticism in all forms, and major miscellaneous writings |
| A4 [date] | Selected works: Mixed collections of poetry and prose only. Includes such titles as: Poems and essays; Poems and tales; Poems and miscellanies; etc. |
| A45 [date] | Minor miscellaneous writings; Extracts; Fragments; "Carnations from Poe," etc.; Collections of quotations; Advertisements. Class here works difficult to place elsewhere |
| A5 [date] | Translations, without original text. Arranged in one sequence by language, subarranged by date. Use only for collected or selected works (i.e. translations of any category covered by A1-A45, but no other). See examples below |
| A55-X | Individual titles, A-X. Arranged by title. The titles are arranged letter by letter, not word by word. Exception: Raven, which follows Raven and other poems. Note: When establishing new numbers, use the Cutter-Sanborn tables wherever possible. Chief exception: titles beginning with "To ..." |
| A56 | Aaraaf |
| Abenteuer Gordon Pym, use N23, Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | |
| A57 | Acrostic |
| A58 | Adventures of Hans Pfaall |
| Advice to a young gentleman, on entering society, use Y98 A583 | |
| Aéronaute hollandais, use A58, Adventures of Hans Pfaall | |
| Al Aaraaf, use A56, Aaraaf | |
| A586 | Alone |
| A588 | American drama |
| Amontillado, use C33, Cask of Amontillado | |
| A59 | Anastatic printing |
| Ange du bizarre, use A594, Angel of the odd | |
| A594 | Angel of the odd (an extravaganza) |
| A61 | Annabel Lee |
| A64 | Appendix of autographs |
| Arthur Gordon Pym, use N23, Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | |
| A84 | Assignation |
| Ausgewählte Gedichte, use A5 | |
| A93 | Autography |
| Aventure dans les Montagnes rocheuses, use T13, Tale of the Ragged Mountains | |
| Aventure sans pareille d'un certain Hans Pfaall, use A58, Adventures of Hans Pfaall | |
| Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym, use N23, Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | |
| B28 | Balloon hoax |
| Barrique d'amontillado, use C33, Cask of Amontillado | |
| B44 | Bells; Bells, and other poems [etc.] |
| B48 | Berenice |
| B62 | Black cat |
| B69 | Bon-bon |
| Book of Poe, use A4 | |
| Brevities, use A32 | |
| B85 | Bridal ballad |
| Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign, use M27, Man that was used up | |
| B97 | Business man |
| B99 | Byron and Miss Chaworth |
| C11 | Cabs |
| Caisse oblongue, use O12, Oblong box | |
| Canard au ballon, use B28, Balloon hoax | |
| Carnations from Poe, use A45 | |
| C33 | Cask of Amontillado |
| Catholic hymn, use H88, Hymn | |
| Centenary Poe, use A1 | |
| C41 | Chapter of suggestions |
| Chapter on autobiography, use C42, Chapter on autography | |
| C42 | Chapter on autography |
| Chat noir, use B62, Black cat | |
| Chess player, use M18, Maelzel's chess player | |
| C44 | Chess player, and eleven other masterful stories and essays; see also M18, Maelzel's chess player |
| Choice works, use A4 | |
| Chute de la maison Usher, use F19, Fall of the House of Usher | |
| C58 | City in the sea |
| Cloches, use B44, Bells | |
| Cœur révélateur, use T273, Tell-tale heart | |
| C69 | Coliseum |
| Collected poems, use A2 | |
| Collected works, use A1 | |
| C71 | Colloquy of Monos and Una |
| Comment s'écrit un article à la Blackwood, use H84, How to write a Blackwood article | |
| C74 | Conchologist's first book |
| C75 | Conqueror worm |
| Contes et poésies, use A5 | |
| C76 | Conversation of Eiros and Charmion |
| Corbeau, use R26, Raven | |
| Cottage Landor, use L26, Landor's cottage | |
| Cuervo, use R26, Raven | |
| Débuts littéraires de Thingum Bob, use L77, Literary life of Thingum Bob, Esq. | |
| Decided loss, use L88, Loss of breath | |
| Découverte de Van Kempelen, use V94, Von Kempelen and his discovery | |
| D31 | Deep in earth |
| Démon de la perversité, use I34, Imp of the perverse | |
| Derniers contes, use T14, Tales | |
| D44 | Descent into the maelstrom |
| Destruction of the world, use C76, Conversation of Eiros and Charmion | |
| D49 | Devil in the belfry |
| Diable dans le beffroi, use D49, Devil in the belfry | |
| D55 | Diddling considered as one of the exact sciences |
| Dirge, use L56, Lenore | |
| D65 | Doings of Gotham |
| D66 | Domain of Arnheim |
| Doomed city, use C58, City in the sea | |
| Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue, use M97, Murders in the Rue Morgue | |
| D77 | Dream |
| D771 | Dream-land |
| D772 | Dream within a dream |
| D773 | Dreams |
| D82 | Duc de L'Omelette |
| Edgar Allan Poes Werke, use A5 | |
| Eight chained ourang-outangs, use H79, Hop-frog | |
| Eiros and Charmion, use C76, Conversation of Eiros and Charmion | |
| E37 | Eldorado |
| Eleanora, use E39, Eleonora | |
| E39 | Eleonora |
| E43 | Elizabeth |
| Elk, use M86, Morning on the Wissahiccon | |
| English notes, use Y98 E58 | |
| E58 | Enigma (Noblest name in Allegory's page) |
| E59 | Enigma, An ("Seldom we find," says Solomon Don Dunce) |
| Enterré vif, use P93, Premature burial | |
| Epimanes, use F69, Four beasts in one | |
| E88 | Eulalie, a song |
| E89 | Eureka |
| Evénement à Jérusalem, use T12, Tale of Jerusalem | |
| E93 | Evening star |
| F14 | Facts in the case of M. Valdemar. For English ed., use M57, Mesmerism "in articulo mortis" |
| F17 | Fairy-land (Dim vales--and shadowy floods) |
| F172 | Fairy land (Sit down beside me, Isabel) |
| F19 | Fall of the House of Usher |
| F21 | Fanny |
| Fantastic tales, use T14, Tales | |
| F22 | Farewell to earth |
| F41 | Few words on secret writing |
| F42 | Fifty suggestions |
| F43 | Fire-fiend |
| First of May, use Y98 F52 | |
| F66 | Folio Club (introduction to the unpublished Tales of the Folio Club) |
| F69 | For Annie |
| F77 | Four beasts in one |
| Glocken und andere Gedichte, use B44, Bells | |
| G61 | Gold bug; Gold bug, and other tales and poems; Gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales [etc.] |
| Goldene Skarabäus, use G61, Gold bug | |
| Goldkäfer, use G61, Gold bug | |
| Goudkever, use G61, Gold bug | |
| Hans Pfaall, use A58, Adventures of Hans Pfaall | |
| H25 | Happiest day |
| H37 | Haunted palace |
| Histoires extraordinaires (Baudelaire translation), use T14, Tales | |
| Homme d'affaires, use B97, Business man | |
| Homme des foules, use M26, Man of the crowd | |
| Homo-cameleopard, use F77, Four beasts in one | |
| H79 | Hop-frog |
| House furniture, use P56, Philosophy of furniture | |
| H84 | How to write a Blackwood article; see also P92, Predicament |
| H98 | Hymn (At morn--at noon--at twilight dim) |
| Hymn in honor of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, use Y98 H99 | |
| Ile de la fée, use I75, Island of the fay | |
| Illustrated Edgar Allan Poe, use A4 | |
| Imaginary voyages, use T14, Tales | |
| I32 | Imitation |
| I34 | Imp of the perverse |
| I345 | Impromptu, To Kate Carol |
| In articulo mortis, use M57, Mesmerism "in articulo mortis" | |
| Inhumation prématurée, use P93, Premature burial | |
| I59 | Instinct vs reason--a black cat |
| In sunshine and shadow, use A4 | |
| I61 | Introduction (a poem) |
| Irene, use S63, Sleeper | |
| Isla del hada, use I75, Island of the fay | |
| I75 | Island of the fay |
| I85 | Israfel |
| Iz mirovoi poezii (includes Poe and Whitman poems in Russian), use WW A5R [date] (in the Whitman classification) | |
| Iz novije engleske lirike (includes Poe and Whitman poems in Serbo-Croat), use WW A5Se [date] (in the Whitman Classification) | |
| Jim Sluggs, use Y98 J61 | |
| Joueur d'échecs de Maelzel, use M18, Maelzel's chess player | |
| J86 | Journal of Julius Rodman |
| K58 | King Pest |
| Kuerbo, use R26, Raven | |
| L19 | Lake |
| Lalage, use P76, Politian | |
| L26 | Landor's cottage |
| L27 | Landscape garden |
| Last conversation of a somnambule, use M56, Mesmeric revelation | |
| L35 | Latin hymn (A thousand, a thousand, a thousand) |
| Laws of etiquette, use Y98 L42 | |
| L56 | Lenore; see also P12, Paean |
| Leonainie, use Y98 L58 | |
| L65 | Letter to B-- |
| Letter to Mr. -- --, use L65, Letter to B-- | |
| Letter to Mr. B--, use L65, Letter to B-- | |
| Lettre volée, use P98, Purloined letter | |
| Life in death, use O936 Oval portrait | |
| Life's vital stream, use Y98 V83, Vital stream | |
| L72 | Ligeia |
| L73 | Light-house |
| L75 | Lines on Joe Locke |
| Lines to Louisa, use Y98 V83, Vital stream | |
| Lines written in an album, use T614, To F--s S. O--d | |
| Lionnerie, use L76, Lionizing | |
| L76 | Lionizing |
| L77 | Literary life of Thingum Bob, Esq. |
| L78 | Literati of New York City |
| L88 | Loss of breath |
| M18 | Maelzel's chess player; see also C44, Chess player, and eleven other masterful stories and essays |
| Mammoth squash, use Y98 M25 | |
| M26 | Man of the crowd |
| M27 | Man that was used up |
| M29 | Ms. found in a bottle |
| M32 | Marginalia |
| M39 | Masque of the red death |
| M52 | Mellonta Tauta |
| M56 | Mesmeric revelation |
| M57 | Mesmerism "in articulo mortis". For American ed., use F14, Facts in the case of M. Valdemar |
| M59 | Metzengerstein |
| Mille et deuxième conte de Scheherazade, use T526, Thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade | |
| Monody on the death of General Joseph Sterett, use Y98 M75 | |
| M84 | Morella |
| M86 | Morning on the Wissahiccon |
| M97 | Murders in the Rue Morgue; Murders in the Rue Morgue, and other tales; Prose romances |
| Musiad, use 76 M987 (this is a full class number, in dated class 76) | |
| My nightmare, use Y98 M99 | |
| M98 | Mysterious star |
| M99 | Mystery of Marie Roget |
| M994 | Mystification |
| N23 | Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym |
| N51 | Never bet the Devil your head |
| Ninead, use Y98 N71 | |
| Nouvelles histoires extraordinaires (Baudelaire translation), use T14, Tales | |
| O12 | Oblong box |
| Ombre, use S52, Shadow, a parable | |
| O87 | O, tempora! O, mores! |
| O96 | Oval portrait |
| P12 | Paean; see also L56, Lenore |
| Passages from the life of a lion, use L76, Lionizing | |
| Perte d'haleine, use L88, Loss of breath | |
| Peter Pendulum, use B97, Business man | |
| Peter Proffit, use B97, Business man | |
| Petite discussion avec une momie, use S68, Some words with a mummy | |
| Philosophie de l'ameublement, use P56, Philosophy of furniture | |
| Philosophy of animal magnetism, use Y98 P56 | |
| P55 | Philosophy of composition |
| P56 | Philosophy of furniture |
| P64 | Pinakidia |
| P68 | Pit and the pendulum |
| Poemas de Edgar Poe, use A5 | |
| Poèmes d'Edgar Poe, use A5 | |
| Poems (1831), use A2 | |
| Poems and essays, use A1 or A4 | |
| Poesie di Edgar Poe, use A5 | |
| Poetical works, use A2 | |
| P74 | Poetic principle |
| Poetry and prose, use A1 or A4 | |
| Poets and poetry of America : a satire, use Y98 P75 | |
| P76 | Politian |
| Popular tales, use T14, Tales | |
| Portrait ovale, use O96, Oval portrait | |
| P88 | Power of words |
| P92 | Predicament; see also H84, How to write a Blackwood article |
| Preface (a poem, 1829), use R75, Romance | |
| P93 | Premature burial |
| Principe poétique, use P74, Poetic principle | |
| Prose romances, use M97, Murders in the Rue Morgue | |
| Prose tales, use T14, Tales | |
| Psyche Zenobia, use H84, How to write a Blackwood article | |
| Puissance de la parole, use P88, Power of words | |
| Puits et le pendule, use P68, Pit and the pendulum | |
| P98 | Purloined letter |
| Quatre bêtes en une, use F77, Four beasts in one | |
| Rabe, use R26, Raven | |
| Raising the wind, use D55 Diddling considered as one of the exact sciences | |
| R23 | Rationale of verse |
| R25 | Raven and other poems; Raven, The fall of the house of Usher, and other poems and tales [etc.] |
| R26 | Raven. Separate editions only |
| Révélation magnétique, use M56, Mesmeric revelation | |
| Roi Peste, use K58, King Pest | |
| R75 | Romance (Romance, who loves to nod and sing) |
| Saute-Grenouille, use H79, Hop-frog | |
| Scarabée d'or, use G61, Gold bug | |
| Scenes from "Politian", use P76, Politian | |
| Scheherazade, use T526, Thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade | |
| Scythe of love, use P92, Predicament | |
| Sea of serenity, use Y98 S43 | |
| Selected short stories, use T14, Tales | |
| Semaine des trois dimanches, use T53, Three Sundays in a week | |
| S48 | Serenade |
| Shadow, a fable, use S52, Shadow, a parable | |
| S52 | Shadow, a parable |
| Signora Zenobia, use H84, How to write a Blackwood article | |
| S58 | Silence, a fable. Not to be confused with Sonnet, Silence |
| Silence, a sonnet, use S685, Sonnet, Silence | |
| Siope, use S58, Silence, a fable | |
| S63 | Sleeper |
| S64 | Sleighing time |
| Some passages from the life of a lion, use L76, Lionizing | |
| S678 | Some secrets of the magazine prison-house |
| S68 | Some words with a mummy |
| S682 | Song (I saw thee on thy bridal day) |
| Sonnet, An enigma, use E59, Enigma | |
| S685 | Sonnet, Silence |
| Sonnet, To my mother, use T64, To my mother | |
| S69 | Sonnet, To science |
| S695 | Sonnet, To Zante |
| Souvenirs de M. Auguste Bedloe, use T13, Tale of the Ragged Mountains | |
| S74 | Spectacles (all versions) |
| S75 | Sphinx |
| S76 | Spirits of the dead |
| S79 | Stanzas (In youth have I known one) |
| Succession of Sundays, use T53, Three Sundays in a week | |
| S97 | Swiss bell-ringers of natural history (Translation and adaptation of Programme de l'enseignement de l'histoire naturelle dans les collàges, by Céran Lemonnier), use Y98 S98 |
| Système du Docteur Goudron et du Professeur Plume, use S99, System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether | |
| S99 | System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether |
| T12 | Tale of Jerusalem |
| T13 | Tale of the Ragged Mountains |
| T14 | Tales (complete and selected) |
| Tales of mystery and imagination, use T14, Tales | |
| Tales of terror and of fantasy, use T14, Tales | |
| T15 | Tales of the Folio Club (planned but never published as such); see also F66, Folio Club |
| T16 | Tales of the Folio Club and three other stories (title of modern book) |
| T17 | Tales of the grotesque and arabesque |
| T23 | Tamerlane; Tamerlane and other poems |
| Tarr and Fether, use S99, System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether | |
| T273 | Tell-tale heart |
| T52 | Thou art the man |
| T526 | Thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade |
| Three poems of Edgar Allan Poe, use A2 | |
| T53 | Three Sundays in a week |
| Time's warning, a vision, use Y98 T58 | |
| To -- -- (I heed not), use T63, To Margaret | |
| To -- -- (I saw thee on thy bridal day), use S682, Song | |
| To -- -- (I saw thee once), use T617, To Helen (I saw thee once) | |
| To -- -- (Not long ago, the writer of these lines), use T632, To Marie Louise | |
| T606 | To -- -- (Should my early life seem); see also D772, Dream within a dream |
| T607 | To -- -- (Sleep on, sleep on, another hour) |
| T608 | To -- -- (The bowers whereat) |
| T612 | To Elizabeth [i.e. Elizabeth Rebecca Herring]; see also T615, To F--s S. O--d |
| To Elmira, use T608, To -- -- (The bowers thereat) | |
| To F-- [i.e. Frances Sargent Osgood] (Beloved! amid the earnest woes), use T614, To Frances | |
| To F-- [i.e. Frances Sargent Osgood] (Thou wouldst be loved?), use T615, To F--s S. O--d | |
| T614 | To Frances [i.e. Frances Sargent Osgood] (Beloved! amid the earnest woes) |
| T615 | To F--s S. O--d [i.e. Frances Sargent Osgood] (Thou wouldst be loved?); see also T612, To Elizabeth |
| T616 | To Helen [i.e. Jane Stith Stanard] (Helen, thy beauty is to me) |
| T617 | To Helen [i.e. Sarah Helen Whitman] (I saw thee once) |
| To Ianthe in Heaven, use T66, To one in Paradise | |
| T62 | To Isaac Lea |
| T628 | To M-- (I heed not) |
| To M. L. S--, use T633, To Marie Louise Shew | |
| T63 | To Margaret |
| T632 | To Marie Louise (Not long ago, the writer of these lines) |
| T633 | To Marie Louise Shew (Of all who hail thy presence as the morning) |
| To Mary, use T614, To Frances | |
| T635 | To Miss Louise Olivia Hunter |
| T64 | To my mother |
| T65 | To Octavia |
| To one departed, use T614, To Frances | |
| T66 | To one in Paradise |
| To science, use S69, Sonnet, To science | |
| To silence, use S685, Sonnet, Silence | |
| T68 | To the river -- |
| To Zante, see S695, Sonnet, To Zante | |
| Trump of freedom, use Y98 T87 | |
| Two poems. Class by the first-named title, whether found on the title page or in the text, e.g. Sonnet, Silence, S685 | |
| Uberraschenden Wirkungen des Mesmerismus auf einen Sterbenden, use F14, Facts in the case of M. Valdemar | |
| U36 | Ulalume |
| Unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall, use A58, Adventures of Hans Pfaall | |
| V15 | Valentine |
| V19 | Valley of unrest |
| Vérité sur le cas de M. Valdemar, use F14, Facts in the case of M. Valdemar | |
| Vero Edgardo Poe, use A5 | |
| Visionary, use A84, Assignation | |
| Visit of the dead, use S76, Spirits of the dead | |
| Vital stream, use Y98 V83 | |
| Von Jung, the mystific, use M994, Mystification | |
| V94 | Von Kempelen and his discovery |
| Weird tales, use T14, Tales | |
| Werke, use A5 | |
| W51 | West Point lampoon |
| W62 | Why the little Frenchman wears his hand in a sling |
| W71 | William Wilson |
| Works, use A1 | |
| Worte Poes, use A5 | |
| X7 | X-ing a paragrab |
| Y1-Y8 | Individual titles, Y-Z. Note: For construction of classes, see The Poe class numbers section above, last paragraph |
| Y97-Y98 | Works of questionable authorship |
| Y97 A-Z | Collected or selected works attributed to Poe with little or no justification, and hoaxes, such as the Poe Hoax of 1899. Arranged by main entry/name of editor |
| Y98 A-Z | Individual works, similar categories. Arranged by title of the work (where known) or other filing device. Establish Cutter for the new title or other filing device. When classing a title in this category, consult the sequence of individual titles above for a possible cross-reference to this class. If present the reference includes the full class number--not given elsewhere. As an example, look up English notes in the titles sequence. There is a reference; it refers the user to the class number Y98 E58. |
| Y99 A-Z | Musical arrangements of works by Poe; Poems presented as songs. Arranged by main entry. Do not class musical arrangements of Poe in class Music |
| Z1 A-Z | Adaptations (other than musical); Paraphrases; Dramatizations (excluding screen and spoken word recordings); Imitations; Parodies; Sequels |
| Z14 A-Z | Poems addressed to Poe. Arranged by name of poet where known, or by title where authorship is unknown or in doubt |
| Z15 A-Z | Works on iconography of Poe (general) and portraits of Poe (artistic aspects); Reproductions of Poe portraits and illustrations of Poe subjects without text, or with quotations only. For works on Poe portraits in relation to biography, consider also Z2. For works containing caricatures or cartoons, consider also Z8 |
| Z17 A-Z | Works on sculptures of Poe and his characters, considered as works of art: Monuments, memorials, statuettes, busts, plaques, medals, etc. For works on the historical context, particularly of individual monuments, consider using Z56. When in doubt, prefer Z17 to other numbers |
| Z18 A-Z | Works on Poe in the media: Motion pictures, television plays, video and sound recordings, and computer file. Class filmographies and discographies at Z4 |
| Z2 A-Z | Biography (all aspects); Biography and criticism; Sources of biography. For works discussing portraits of Poe, consider also Z15. For relations with other authors, see note under Z55. For works discussing Poe in local contexts, or his family, consider Z56; for events connected with Poe, consider Z57. This subject is broken down into the sections listed below (ending with Z2 A5-Z). |
| Z2 A2[date] | Autobiography |
| Z2 A24[date] | Diaries |
| Z2 A25-29 | Journals; Memoirs. Arranged by title within the sequence |
| Z2 A4[date] | Letters (General collections and selections, both to and from Poe); Letters to particular individuals |
| Z2 A42-A429 | Letters from particular individuals to Poe. Arranged by name of correspondent within the sequence |
| Z2 A45-A459 | Notebooks. Arranged by main entry within the sequence |
| Z2 A5-Z | General works |
| Z24 A-Z | Authorship; Manuscripts; Sources of texts. For autographs found in books, etc., consider Z55; for textual criticism, see Z68 |
| Z25 A-Z | Publishing and editing; Relations to publishers; Poe as editor and publisher |
| Z27 A-Z | Influence of Poe (all forms) |
| Z3 A-Z | Criticism and interpretation; Philosophy; Political and social views; Study and teaching of Poe; Characters. For relations with other authors, see note under Z15. For Poe's vocabulary and use of language, see Z7; for textual criticism, see Z68 |
| Z4 A-Z | Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Library and other catalogs; Collectors and collecting; Individual copies of Poe titles. Class other works on Poe in the media at Z18. For catalogs of museum exhibits, or for information on books owned by Poe, consider also Z56. For dedications in books, class in Z9 |
| Z5 A-Z | Miscellaneous works about Poe; Scrapbooks; Poe-related societies. Note: Periodicals are classed in Serial Coll |
| Z55 A-Z | Poe in historical context: Biography of friends and other contemporaries; Biography of writers on Poe; Poe and his times. Prefer either Z2 (biography) or Z3 (criticism) for works discussing Poe's relationships with other literary writers (all periods) |
| Z56 A-Z | Poe in local contexts: Local and personal associations, such as birthplace, homes and haunts, landmarks, monuments, museums and relics. Ownership of books. Poe family and ancestry. For works on the artistic aspects of sculptures, particularly when discussed as a group, or when in doubt, prefer Z17. Class exhibitions here, unless the catalog is really a bibliography, in which case class in Z4. For dedications in books, class in Z9 |
| Z57 A-Z | Events connected with Poe, such as anniversaries and centennial celebrations |
| Z58 A-Z | Fiction, drama, poetry and other literary collections, based in whole or in part on Poe's life and works |
| Z6 A-Z | Dictionaries; Indexes; Concordances. Class glossaries of words used by Poe in Z7. Class collections of quotations from Poe at A45 |
| Z68 A-Z | Textual criticism; Commentaries; Emendations, etc. |
| Z7 A-Z | Language; Grammar; Style. Class here glossaries of words used by Poe rather than with the more comprehensive works in Z6 |
| Z8 A-Z | Wit and humor. Consider also Z15 when caricatures or cartoons are present |
| Z9 A-Z | Dedications in books by and to Poe or family members, friends, etc. For other autographs in Poe-related material, class in Z56. For Poe collecting in general, class in Z4 |
Unless otherwise stated, the omitted main entry for each example is the current NAF-approved heading for Poe. All call numbers are preceded by the two lines 76 PO27. Oversize designations and locations are ignored in the examples. Note that while no title has been made up, the call number may well not represent the work as it is shelved. Only the most blatant cases of misclassification in the light of the revised scheme have been corrected. Where Harris does not currently have an example of any of the categories, no example has been provided (as for instance for Z18, Works on Poe in the media.)
| A1 1872 | The works of Edgar Allan Poe |
| A1 1949 | The centenary Poe : tales, poems, criticism, marginalia, and Eureka |
Note that the works do not have to be truly complete. There should be evidence that an attempt has been made to achieve some degree of completeness, within the limitations imposed by availability of texts and the editor's self-imposed constraints. Such productions of an author as letters and critical and miscellaneous works are often excluded from the canon of an author's works; Poe is no exception to this practice. Moreover editions of Poe published during his lifetime obviously cannot contain works published later. As a rule of thumb, follow the title page; in case of doubt, class under the broader heading, A1. This last statement applies across the board to all headings A1-A45 in this scheme. Each heading takes precedence over the following one: for instance, when in doubt, prefer A2 to A4, for instance.
| A2 1872 | The poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe |
| A2 1874 | Poems |
| A3 1981a | The imaginary voyages |
| A3 1985 | The brevities : Pinakidia, Marginalia, Fifty suggestions, and other works |
| A3 1986 | Writings in the Broadway journal |
Note that none of the individual titles by itself meets the criterion for inclusion in this class: Imaginary voyages would usually be classed with Tales in T14 and the other two collections, both nonfiction, in A32. However they all form part of the series Collected writings of Edgar Allan Poe, published by Twayne. The prose works in this series are being classed together for convenience: together they represent this subclass well as redefined in this edition of the Poe Classification. In fact they could have been classed separately, or placed with the rest of the series as it appears in the broadest collective class number A1.
| A32 1908 | Reviews of the great works of great authors |
| A32 1965 | Literary criticism of Edgar Allan Poe |
| A4 1880 | Select works of Edgar Allan Poe : poetical and prose |
| A4 1884 | Poems and essays |
| A4 1984 | Poetry and tales |
| A45 a | Carnations from Poe. [n.d.] |
| A45 1925 | Critical excerpts from Poe |
| A45 1885 | Classic poems, from the writings of Goldsmith ... Poe and Goethe |
The third example could equally well have been classed as selected poems at A2 1885. The first example is much more typical of this subclass
| A5F 1884 | Oeuvres choisies d'Edgard Poe |
| A5G 1864 | Vier amerikanische Gedichte: Der Rabe ; Die Glocken; Lenore / [von E.A. Poe] ; Die Rose / von J.R. Lowell. Issued under a collective title, this is treated as a collection Cf. Ligeia [etc.] in Individual titles: Translations section below |
| A5I 1892 | Poesie di Edgar Poe |
Do not reclass several collections of Tales placed here (rather than at T14) under earlier guidelines! In a closed stack these present no problems for browsers.
| E89 1848 | Eureka : a prose poem |
| G61 1894 | The gold bug |
| G61 1898 | The gold bug, The purloined letter, and other tales |
Note that, except where provided for in the scheme, class a title beginning with the title of a poem, or of two poems, followed by a phrase such as "and other poems," with the first poem.
| G61F 1892 | Le scarabée d'or [Gold bug. French] |
| R26 1978 | The raven = Le corbeau [Raven. French & English] |
| L72 1983 | Ligeia ; Eleonora ; Morella : Englisch/Deutsch [Tales. German & English. Selections] |
In the second and third examples, note that the letter denoting the language of translation is omitted where the original text is present. Ignore all examples in the shelflist to the contrary! Note also in the last case that there is no collective title present in the title field, and so the work is classed for the first-named title.
| Y98 T87 | Wheelock, A. A. Col. Ingersoll and his critics. 1877. Contains Trump of freedom |
| Y99 L66p | London, Edwin. Poebells. c1977. Contains text of The bells |
| Z1 S95 | Sullivan, V. P. Once upon a midnight : a dramatization of Poe's "Raven" |
| Z1 S87 | Charles Stokes & Co.'s illustrated almanac of fashion. 1864. Contains parody of The raven |
| Z15 E34 1884 | Edgar Poe : 26 planches pour illustrer les histoires extraordinaires ... 1884. The text is not present |
| Z15 F841 | Frasconi, Antonio. The face of Edgar Allan Poe. [1959] |
In the second example, the portraits are the subject of the work; text is present.
| Z2 A4 1925 | Edgar Allan Poe letters till now unpublished |
| Z2 A4 1898 | Some letters of EdgarAllan Poe to E.H.N. Patterson |
| Z2 A4I 1992 | Vita attraverso le lettere (1826-1849) |
In the third example, note the I at the end of the second line, indicating that this is a translation.
| Z2 A423 | Eveleth, G. W. The letters from George W. Eveleth to Edgar Allan Poe. 1922 |
| Z2 A457 | Rose, A. G. Such friends as these : Edgar Allan Poe's list of subscribers ... to his dream magazine. 1986 |
| Z2 B62 | Bittner, W. R. Poe : a biography. 1962 |
| Z2 M29 | Miller, J. C. Building Poe biography. c1977- |
| Z2 H1524 1978 | The Edgar Allan Poe scrapbook : articles, essays, letters, anecdotes, illustrations, photographs, and memorabilia about the legendary American genius |
| Z24 C187p | Campbell, Killis. The Poe canon. 1912 |
| Z24 C187pb | Campbell, Killis. Poe's indebtedness to Byron. 1909 |
| Z24 M112p | Mabbott, T. O. A Poe manuscript. [1924] |
| Z25 J13 | Jackson, D. K. Poe and the Southern literary messenger. 1934 |
| Z25 J17c | Jacobs, R. D. The courage of a critic : Edgar Poe as editor. 1971 |
| Z25 J17p | Jacobs, R. D. Poe, journalist & critic. [1969] |
| Z27 B214 | Bandy, W. T. The influence and reputation of Edgar Allan Poe in Europe. [1962] |
| Z3 A46 | Alterton, Margaret. Origins of Poe's critical theory. [1925] |
| Z3 G618 | Goldberg, Isaac. Poe and Mencken : a literary divertissement. 1924 |
| Z3 B335b 1952 | Baudelaire, C. P. Baudelaire on Poe : critical papers |
| Z3 G15p 1970 | Gale, R. L. Plots and characters in the fiction and poetry of Edgar Allan Poe |
| Z4 L827p | Loewentheil, Stephan. The Poe catalogue : a descriptive catalogue of the Stephan Loewentheil collection of Edgar Allan Poe material. 1992 |
| Z4 E926 | Evans, M. G. Music and Edgar Allan Poe : a bibliographical study. 1939. A bibliography of musical arrangements of Poe's works |
| Z4 O8 | Ostrom, J. W. Check list of letters to and from Poe. 1941 |
| Z4 S24 | Sargent, G. H. The greatest literary "find" of years : copy of Poe's "Tamerlane" ... discovered by a Boston bookseller in an old library. [n.d.] |
| Z5 F535m | Myths and reality : the mysterious Mr. Poe. [c1987]. Published by the Edgar Allan Poe Society |
| Z55 C549 | Chopin and Poe. 1899 |
| Z55 M112 | Mabbott, M. C. Mabbott as Poe scholar : The early years. 1980 |
| Z55 R813 | Rosenfeld, A. H. Wilkins Updike to Sarah Helen Whitman : two new letters. 1966 |
| Z55 S648b | Smith, Geddeth. The brief career of Eliza Poe. c1988 |
| Z56 B694 | Bolton, R. P. The Poe cottage at Fordhan. 1922 |
| Z56 B711 | Bondurant, A. M. Poe's Richmond. [1942] |
| Z56 K37 | Kent, C. W. The unveiling of the bust of Edgar Allan Poe in the Library of the University of Virginia. [1901]. Emphasis on his local associations |
| Z57 P743a | The Poe anniversary. 1909 |
| Z58 M183 | Madsen, David. Black plume : the suppressed memoirs of Edgar Allan Poe. c1980 |
| Z58 S849 | Steward, Barbara. The Lincoln diddle. 1979 |
| Z6 P774 | Pollin, B. R. Word index to Poe's fiction. 1982 |
| Z6 B725 | Booth, B. A. A concordance of the poetical works of Edgar Allan Poe. 1941 |
| Z68 F535p | Poe at work : seven textual studies. 1978 |
| Z7 P774 | Pollin, B. R. Poe, creator of words. 1974 |
| Z7 F614 | The stylistic development of Edgar Allan Poe. 1973 |
| Z8 S798 | Stauffer, D. B. The merry mood : Poe's uses of humor |
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