The Facts in the Case of E.A. Poe
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Sinclair, Andrew. The Facts in the Case of E.A. Poe. 1st American ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1980.
Written in the first person point-of-view of Ernest Albert Pons, a man who insists he has been possessed by Edgar Allan Poe because they are the same person. "I am he." (p. 11). He lists off the similarities between their lives. He lives in New York and is the patient of a psychiatrist named Charles Dupin, whom he hired for his name. He works for a publishing house where he reluctantly resumes his guise of Ernest Albert Pons. Ernest then goes on a quest to visit all the places of Poe's life, his psychiatrist has suggested this might make him realize the differences between him and Poe and then free himself of the idea that he is Poe. The year is 1979. There are parts in the book that read like a biography. At times the book also switches to third person.
Andrew Sinclair is printed as the editor of this work and not the author. The editor's notes at the end of the book suggest Sinclair is the editor of this, Pons manuscripts, at the request of Dr. Charles Dupin. Also included at the end is a Short Bibliography which includes, accoring to Sinlcair, all the books and articles found beside Pons' manuscript.
