1. The Man That Was Used Up: Poe's Place in American Literature, 1849-1909 -- 2. A Dream Within a Dream: Poe and Psychoanalysis -- 3. Out of Space, Out of Time: From Early Formalism to Deconstruction -- 4. The Man of the Crowd: The Socio-Historical Poe -- 5. Lionizing: Poe as Cultural Signifier -- Afterword: Loss of Breath: Writing Poe's Last Days