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.