Landor’s Cottage (1849) is the last short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). It describes how a traveler gets lost in an uncanny, unspoiled landscape in the valley of the Hudson River and experiences nature as a grand spectacle. This story inspired Rodney Graham to create his literary work The System of Landor’s Cottage, the first edition of which appeared in 1987.
Graham expanded Poe’s story into a novel by means of additions and insertions, following the literary principle of the French writer Raymond Roussel (1877–1933). He had developed a poetic method for dismantling texts and reassembling them with a different meaning.
The series also includes: Vathek - System of Landor’s Cottage - Deluxe Edition Red (2012); The System of Landor’s Cottage. A Pendant to Poe’s Last Story (2012); The System of Landor’s Cottage. A Pendant to Poe’s Last Story (2012); The System of Landor’s Cottage. A Pendant to Poe’s Last Story (2012)
