Edgar A Poe

Author : Arthur Hobson Quinn
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997-11-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801857309

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Edgar Allan Poe by Arthur Hobson Quinn Pdf

Renowned as the creator of the detective story and a master of horror, the author of "The Red Mask of Death," "The Black Cat," and "The Murders of the Rue Morgue," Edgar Allan Poe seems to have derived his success from suffering and to have suffered from his success. "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" have been read as signs of his personal obsessions, and "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Descent into the Maelstrom" as symptoms of his own mental collapse. Biographers have seldom resisted the opportunities to confuse the pathologies in the stories with the events in Poe's life. Against this tide of fancy, guesses, and amateur psychologizing, Arthur Hobson Quinn's biography devotes itself meticulously to facts. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. "

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307781406

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Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.

Author : Paul Collins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780544261877

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Edgar Allan Poe by Paul Collins Pdf

A view into the tumultuous and creative life of Edgar Allan Poe.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781513274188

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The Edgar Allan Poe Collection by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

The Edgar Allan Poe Collection (2020) compiles several iconic works of short fiction and poetry by an icon of American literature. Recognized as a foundational figure of nineteenth century fiction, Poe has inspired generations of readers and writers with his craftsmanship and taste for tragedy and terror. His brief but meteoric career shaped the trajectory of American literature forever, forming a legacy without which science fiction, horror, and detective writing would surely be shells of themselves. In “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a man receives a distressing letter from an old friend requesting his presence at his family estate. There, Roderick Usher and his twin sister Madeline are found suffering from an unknown illness, and the narrator struggles to comfort them as signs of paranormal activity lead him to believe that the house itself is a living entity. “The Masque of the Red Death” is a timely work of Gothic fiction set in the abbey of a powerful prince. As the world outside suffers from a deadly plague, the prince decides to hold a masquerade for his wealthy friends and fellow nobles, unwittingly bringing death to his own fortunate doorstep. In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” a French detective summons the powers of analytical reasoning to investigate the deaths of two young women. Included in this collection are some of Poe’s most iconic poems, including “A Dream Within a Dream,” “The Raven,” and “Ulalume,” all of which remain indelible classics of Romantic verse, masterpieces of mystery, beauty, and slow-burning fear. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Edgar Allan Poe Collection is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : SAMPI Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786585934138

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The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" is a short story that explores themes of guilt and perversity. The narrator, haunted by cruelty to his black cat and acts of domestic violence, is consumed by paranoia and madness. His attempt to conceal a crime leads to his own disgrace.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe,Gary Richard Thompson
Publisher : Library of America
Page : 1572 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0940450194

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Essays and Reviews by Edgar Allan Poe,Gary Richard Thompson Pdf

Gathers Poe's essays on the theory of poetry, the art of fiction, the role of the critic, leading nineteenth-century writers, and the New York literary world.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433069354276

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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Horror tales, American
ISBN : 9781365611223

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Edgar Allan Poe: The Ultimate Collection by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Edgar Allan Poe: The Ultimate Collection includes every major work written by the master of the macabre, including The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Purloined Letter, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven and many more.

Author : Jeffrey Meyers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 9780815410386

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Edgar Allan Poe by Jeffrey Meyers Pdf

This biography of Edgar Allan Poe, a giant of American Literature who invented both the horror and detective genre, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant but underpaid author, a temperate man and uncontrollable addict.

Author : Shawn James Rosenheim,Stephen Rachman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995-08-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801850258

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The American Face of Edgar Allan Poe by Shawn James Rosenheim,Stephen Rachman Pdf

Renza, Shawn Rosenheim, and Laura Saltz.--Kenneth Dauber, State University of New York, Buffalo

Author : Edgar Allan Poe,A. Bostonian
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557239252

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Tamerlane and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe,A. Bostonian Pdf

Tamerlane and Other Poems is the first published work by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The short collection of poems was first published in 1827. Today, it is believed only 12 of approximately 50 copies of the collection still exist. The poems were largely inspired by Lord Byron, including the long title poem "Tamerlane", which depicts a historical conqueror who laments the loss of his first romance. Like much of Poe's future work, the poems in Tamerlane and Other Poems include themes of love, death, and pride.

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X006094994

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Poems and Essays by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451531051

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The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Explore the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty in Edgar Allan Poe’s verse in this complete poetry collection. Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric “To Helen,” to his immortal masterpieces, “Annabel Lee,” “The Bells,” and “The Raven,” Poe stands beside the celebrated English romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats, and his haunting, sensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the Victorian giants Swinburne, Tennyson, and Rossetti. Today his dark side speaks eloquently to contemporary readers in poems such as “The Haunted Palace” and “The Conqueror Worm,” with their powerful images of madness and the macabre. But even at the end of his life, Poe reached out to his art for comfort and courage, giving us in “Eldorado” a talisman to hold during our darkest moments—a timeless gift from a great American writer. Includes an Introduction by Jay Parini and an Afterword by April Bernard

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
ISBN : 0517092905

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Sixty-seven tales by Charles Dickens Pdf

A collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, including The tell-tale heart, The cask of Amontillado, and The raven, with a selection of the author's poems.