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Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
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Poe's flare for the macabre has endured through the ages, bringing a new set of fans to the world of poetry.
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Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
Features
Hardcover:
1040 pages
; Dimensions (in inches): 1.69 x 8.28 x 5.70
Publisher: Modern Library; (September 1992)
ISBN:
0679600078
Book Description
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who championed him long before Poe was appreciated in his own country. Baudelaire's enthusiasm brought Poe a wide audience in Europe, and his writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature. This edition includes his most well-known works--"The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Annabel Lee," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"--as well as less-familiar stories, poems, and essays.
About the Author
Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston, the son of traveling actors. He published his first book of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827, followed by Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (which included "The Fall of the House of Usher") in 1839, but he did not achieve appreciable recognition until the publication of "The Raven" in 1845. He died in 1849.
Reader Reviews
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Fantastic Poe!, August 26, 2002
Reviewer:
An Amazon.com Customer
Poe is one of the best horror writers ever to have lived. I have read all of his works. Some of his best stories are The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of Red Death, The Black Cat, The Cask of Amontaiado, The Pit and the Pendelum, and The Tell-Tale Heart. His great poems include-The Raven and The Bells. Poe is a fantastic author, and his creepy tales of the dark side of life should be read over and over.
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