New essays on Poe's major tales

Poe and the unreadable : "The black cat" and "The tell-tale heart" / Christopher Benfey

The perverse strategy in "The fall of the house of Usher" / Louise J. Kaplan

Detecting truth : the world of the Dupin tales / David van Leer

Poe's art of transformation : "The cask of Amontillado" in its cultural context / David S. Reynolds

Poe, "Ligeia," and the problem of dying women / J. Gerald Kennedy.