The classic poems and spine-tingling stories of an American gothic master collected in one volume
Of all the American writers, Edgar Allan Poe staked out perhaps the most unique and vivid reputation as a master of the macabre. Even today, in the age of horror movies and high-tech haunted houses, Poe remains the first choice of entertainment for many who want a spine-chilling thrill.
Born in Boston in 1809, and dead at the age of forty, Poe wrote across several fields during his life and was noted for his poetry and short stories as well as his criticism. The best of each of these is collected here, including the classic poem “The Raven,” and beloved stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart.” In his introduction to this volume, G. R. Thompson argues that Poe was a great satirist and comedic craftsman, as well as a formidable Gothic writer. “All of Poe’s fiction,” Thompson writes, “and the poems as well, can be seen as one coherent piece–as the work of one of the greatest ironists of world literature.”
Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poe includes some of these classics:
- The Raven
Annabel Lee
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Masque of the Red Death
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Purloined Letter
The Imp of the Perverse
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 09/28/2004
Series: Perennial Classics
Pages: 564
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780060727857
Language: English
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