The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, by Edgar Allan Poe, edited, introduced, and annotated by Richard Kopley (New York: Penguin, 1999)

Kopley’s edition of Poe’s nautical novel presents the text and reveals the work’s three narrative levels, the literal, the autobiographical, and the biblical.  This edition makes Poe’s hermetic book newly available to modern readers.

Reviews

“Overall, Richard Kopley has performed a valuable service for Poe studies in putting together this book.  He is, of course, the one scholar best equipped to prepare such a project.  His book makes us aware anew of the multiplicity in Pym, and we should thank him for his results.”—Benjamin F. Fisher, Poe Studies Association Newsletter