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The Raven and the Nightingale: A Modern Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Reader Reviews 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: A Good Read, Not For Poe Fans, March 19, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from Massachusetts, United States Dobson has written a great book here. Her style is very readable and very likeable. Troublesome aspects for me seem to be exactly what others are praising; it seems that the only thing English professors talk about is literature and literary theory in this novel, and they are constantly vying for power and/or fame. Granted, literature specialists have their own specialties and theories, but I doubt there would be a lot of shouting matches over feminism vs. Puritanism in a department meeting. It's also somewhat odd that little Enfeld College deals with so many murders, break-ins, and so forth. Additionally, if you have any respect for Edgar Allan Poe, I suggest you stay away. Although Dobson's afterword makes note that her claims are purely fictitious, it's hard to read a book that accuses my favorite author of plagiarizing his most famous poem and committing murder to get away with it. Still, it was a likeable book and was very refreshing compared to other books I've read recently.
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