Biography, Intentionality, and Interpretation: Poe and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

This essay describes the author's classroom discussion of authorship and biography, focusing on Edgar Allan Poe; then it considers difference between approaches taken in scholarly essays "The Murders Rue Morgue" those employed (reflected both class two pedagogical "Rue Morgue"). The concludes by advocating an intertextual approach to biography interpretation; following Ed White's article Morgue," author advocates placing more emphasis authorial agency literary scholarship.