{"product_id":"darkness-becomes-bright-emily-ogden-9780593832509","title":"Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating and intimate inquiry into the shadowy life and horrifyingly compelling work of Edgar Allan Poe, and why we are drawn to darkness in art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death in 1849, his stories and poems have captivated millions of readers around the world. One hundred seventy-five years later, why do we continue to descend into the darkness of his imagination\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eand of the genres, from horror to crime, that he pioneered? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this spellbinding and singular book, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant winner Emily Ogden plumbs the darkness within Poe and enters it alongside him. She interweaves stories from his mysterious and tragic life--from his strange disappearances and tortured romances to his nearly fatal use of opium--with those of his most famous readers and translators, including poet Charles Baudelaire, writer Julio Cortázar, and psychoanalyst Marie Bonaparte, a descendant of Napoleon and a patient of Sigmund Freud. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing their passionate attachments to Poe and Ogden's own--unexpectedly sparked when she taught an introductory Poe course at the University of Virginia, where Poe himself was once a student\u003ci\u003e--Darkness Becomes Bright \u003c\/i\u003emakes a different case for literature from the one we most often hear (that it engenders empathy). This exquisite volume shows how Poe's vision and its echoes across the generations allows us to make peace with our own flawed humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Ogden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593832507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593832509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Emily Ogden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437832515839,"sku":"9780593832509","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4fbd4c71-32af-4ffb-968f-428760350812.jpg?v=1777167075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/darkness-becomes-bright-emily-ogden-9780593832509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}