Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe

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Springer Science & Business Media, 2009 M03 17 - 576 páginas

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

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Sources and Acknowledgments
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The LakeTo 1827 1845
55
To Helen 1831 1845
61
The Valley of Unrest 18311845
67
For Annie 1849
85
Metzengerstein A Tale in Imitation of
93
Loss of Breath A Tale A La Blackwood
104
MS Found in a Bottle 1833 1845
125
The Colloquy of Monos and Una 1841
333
Never Bet the Devil Your Head A Tale
344
1845
479
The Mayflower for MDCCCXLVI Boston 1846 The
504
Review of TwiceTold Tales By Nathaniel
519
The Philosophy of Composition 1846
528
Excerpts from The Poetic Principle 1848
542
Bibliography
553

Berenice 1835 1845
152
ShadowA Parable 1835 1845
168
The Conqueror Worm 18421849
183
Thanks are due to Gayle Conrad Judy Osowski
557
Chronology
559
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.

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