Great Short Works of Edgar Allan PoeSpringer Science & Business Media, 2009 M03 17 - 576 pages 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:
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Contents
Sources and Acknowledgments | 1 |
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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Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Poems Tales Criticism Edgar Allan Poe No preview available - 2004 |