...a Magazine. Thus I have written no books, and have been so far essentially a Magazinist [illegible] bearing, not only willingly but cheerfully, sad poverty...America, where, more than in any other region upon the race of the globe, to be poor is to be despised. The one great difficulty resulting from this course...

...a Magazine. Thus I have written no books, and have been so far essentially a Magazinist [illegible] bearing, not only willingly but cheerfully, sad poverty...contumelies and other ills which the condition of the Xmere Magazinist entails upon him in America, \ where, more than in any other region upon the [face...

...been so far essentially a Magazinist . . . bearing, not only willingly but cheerfully, sad poverty and . . . other ills which the condition of the mere Magazinist entails upon him in America, where, ... to be poor is to be despised. ... He loses, too, ... on the score of versatility — a point which...

...fund-raising. To Anthon, Poe wrote that he had borne "not only willingly but cheerfully sad poverty & the thousand consequent contumelies and other ills...of the mere Magazinist entails upon him in America" in order to be taken seriously as a potential magazine founder - a strategy for success reminiscent...

...hack work, Poe understood better than most the "sad poverty & the thousand consequent contumelies & other ills which the condition of the mere Magazinist...region upon the face of the globe to be poor is to be despised."3 Unfortunately, many attempts to interpret the literature of this period assume that "culture"...

...to Charles Anthon, Poe poignantly described the "sad poverty & the thousand consequent contumelies & other ills which the condition of the mere Magazinist...region upon the face of the globe to be poor is to be despised."10 In the same letter, however, Poe claimed that he was "essentially a Magazinist," and that...