Frontmatter -- INTRODUCTION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. POE AS SYMBOLIST -- II. THE MUSICAL MOMENT -- III. THE LATER POEMS -- IV. THE POE VOCABULARY -- V. THE MAJOR THEMES -- VI. THE POE HERO -- VII. ARTHUR GORDON PYM -- VIII. "ANNABEL LEE" AND "HOP-FROG" -- IX. "ULALUME" AND SOME CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX