Wasting Woman: Death and the Feminine Form in “Berenice” Annotations by Emma Grause   “The death then of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world, and equally is it beyond doubt that the lips best suited for such topic are those of a bereaved lover.” -Edgar Allen Poe, “The Philosophy … Continue reading Wasting Woman: Death and the Feminine Form in “Berenice” by Emma Grause