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Abstract:As a literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe reviewed the writings of the Victorian man of letters Edward Bulwer-Lytton on at least four occasions in the span of six years, from 1835 to 1841. Even if both authors came from signi cantly different backgrounds, as Poe was of humble origins and Bulwer-Lytton was an English aristocrat, the reversal of fortune, together with their respective personal and parental circumstances, turned them into transatlantic literary doubles, since their ction often presents considerable intertextual links. Bulwer-Lytton’s novella Falkland (1827) and Poe’s classical tale “The Assignation” (1832) are rooted in a Byronic myth, depicting a love triangle which particularly echoes both authors’ respective parental circumstances. This article aims at providing a comparative analysis of these works, interpreting them from a biographical perspective in order to shed light on both authors’ early fiction as well as understanding the role that their respective family background played on their literary creativity and ageing at such an early stage of their career.Keywords: Creativity, biography, early works, transatlantic doubles, illicit relationships, family background, heritage, ageing.Título en español: Dobles transatlánticos: envejecimiento intertextual en la obra temprana de Edgar Allan Poe y Edward Bulwer-LyttonResumen:Como crítico literario, Edgar Allan Poe reseñó las obras del escritor victoriano Edward Bulwer-Lytton en al menos en cuatro ocasiones a lo largo de seis años, desde 1835 a 1841. Pese a que ambos autores procedían de círculos muy diferentes, puesto que Poe nació en el seno de una familia humilde y Bulwer-Lytton era un eminente aristócrata inglés, un golpe del destino, así como sus circunstancias personales y familiares, los convirtieron en dobles literarios transatlánticos, puesto que sus obras a menudo presentan considerables giros intertextuales. La novela corta de Bulwer-Lytton, Falkland (1827), y el relato de corte clásico de Poe, “The Assignation” (1832), se enclavan en un mito byroniano, retratando un triángulo amoroso que presenta múltiples ecos con respecto al parentesco de ambos autores. Este artículo pretende ofrecer un análisis comparativo de ambas obras, interpretándolas desde una perspectiva biográfica con el objetivo de ahondar en las primeras creaciones de ambos autores así como de vislumbrar el importante papel que sus orígenes familiares jugaron en su creatividad literaria y envejecimiento en una etapa tan temprana de su obra.Palabras clave: creatividad, biografía, primeras obras, dobles transatlánticos, relaciones ilícitas, parentesco, legado, envejecimiento.

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