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Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy

Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy

Jeffrey Meyers

... Allan Poe (Baltimore, 1939); John French, ed., Poe in Foreign Lands and Tongues (Baltimore, 1941); Elizabeth Bishop, “Miss Moore and Edgar Allan Poe,” Quarterly Review ofLiterature, 4 (1948), 132-134; Francis Dedmond, “Poe in Drama, ...
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was the master of tales of mystery and the macbre, and is considered the inventor of detective fiction. This extensive collection also includes his finest poetry.
The Afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe

The Afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe

Scott Peeples

2: A Dream Within a Dream: Poe and Psychoanalysis The re has never been much doubt that something was very much the matter with Edgar Allan Poe. — Philip Young (1951) IN 1909, the year Poe was celebrated as a great American and a ...
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Kevin J. Hayes

Approachably written, Edgar Allan Poe will appeal to the many fans of Poe’s work—from “The Raven” to the “Tell-Tale Heart”—as well as readers interested in American literary history.
Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and ...

Edgar Allan Poe Annotated and Illustrated Entire Stories and ...

Edgar Allan Poe

This annotated and illustrated edition of the entire stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe brings the author to life as never before. Photographs of Poe's many loves and the literary figures he satired in his stories are included.
Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poetry and Tales

Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poetry and Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

These are supplemented by a selection of contextual documents—newspaper and magazine articles, treatises, and other historical texts—that will help readers understand the social, literary, and intellectual milieus in which Poe wrote.
Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference ...

Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference ...

Dawn B. Sova

Examines the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe including synopses of many of his works, biographies of family and friends, a discussion of Poe's influence on other writers, and places that influenced his writing.
Edgar Allan Poe: Tales and Poems

Edgar Allan Poe: Tales and Poems

Raychel Haugrud Reiff

"A biography of writer Edgar Allan Poe that describes his era, his major works, and the legacy of his writing"--Provided by publisher.
Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe Book: The life, times, ...

Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe Book: The life, times, ...

Shelley Costa Bloomfield

In The Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe, you’ll learn all the deepest secrets that haunted this tortured writer, influenced his writing, and ultimately drove him to an early death.
Tales of Madness: Seven Horror Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Tales of Madness: Seven Horror Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

This collection of some of Poes most famous tales is intended to excite and to remind readers that, although the author lived many years ago, his grasp of human emotion is as poignant as ever.
Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy

Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy

Jeffrey Meyers

This biography of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), a giant of American literature who invented both the horror and detective genres, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant but exploited author and editor, a man who veered ...
Edgar Allan Poe: Tragic Poet and Master of Mystery

Edgar Allan Poe: Tragic Poet and Master of Mystery

Zachary Kent

Recounts the difficult personal life of author Edgar Allan Poe, and describes how he wrote memorable poems including "The Raven" and short stories that helped to create the genres of detective and horror fiction.
A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe

A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe

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The subsequent essays in this book cover such topics as Poe and the American Publishing Industry, Poe's Sensationalism, his relationships to gender constructions, and Poe and American Privacy.
Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poetry, Tales, and Essays, ...

Edgar Allan Poe: Selected Poetry, Tales, and Essays, ...

Jared Gardner

Like other volumes in the Case Studies in Critical Controversy series, this edition is designed for "teaching the conflicts"— in this case, the conflicts surrounding the work of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the most popular yet contested ...
Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination

Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination

David N. Stamos

Explores the science and creative process behind Poe's cosmological treatise.
La Lettre volée d'Edgar Allan Poe (Fiche de lecture): Résumé ...

La Lettre volée d'Edgar Allan Poe (Fiche de lecture): Résumé ...

Cécile Perrel

Résumé complet et analyse détaillée de l'oeuvre Cécile Perrel, lePetitLittéraire.fr, . DocUMENT RÉDIGÉ PAR CÉCILE PERREL La Lettre volée EDGAR ALLAN POE ePetitLittéraire fr DocuMEnTRéDIté PAR CécILE PERREL | |||TRE EM| ...
Tales

Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

" Taken as a whole, Poe's writing has cast its dark and exquisite shadow over many genres of literature, from the mysteries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the science fiction of Jules Verne, but in this collection the author's ability to ...
Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography

Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography

Arthur Hobson Quinn

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. "
Poetry and Tales

Poetry and Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

Gathers all of Poe's poetry, tales, short stories, and general essays in chronological order
Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven - An Analysis

Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven - An Analysis

Christian Schlegel

Did Poe's life influence the story that is told in The Raven? 2. Why is this poem so famous? 3. Is The Raven a 'good' poem?
Mrs. Poe

Mrs. Poe

Lynn Cullen

Struggling to support her family in mid-nineteenth-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and ...
The Poet Edgar Allan Poe: Alien Angel

The Poet Edgar Allan Poe: Alien Angel

Jerome McGann

Jerome McGann takes his readers on a spirited tour through a wide range of Poe’s verse as well as the critical and theoretical writings in which he laid out his arresting ideas about poetry and poetics.
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Thomas Streissguth

A look at the life of the famous author.
American Terror: The Feeling of Thinking in Edwards, Poe, ...

American Terror: The Feeling of Thinking in Edwards, Poe, ...

Paul Hurh

Contrary to accounts that interpret terror in opposition to reason, this book shows how three authors famous for their works and theories of terrorJonathan Edwards, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melvilledeveloped a terror that incorporates, ...
Poe Meets Shaw: The Shaw Alphabet Edition of Edgar Allan Poe

Poe Meets Shaw: The Shaw Alphabet Edition of Edgar Allan Poe

Tim Browne

This is the first book in 50 years to be published in the Shaw Alphabet with a side by side comparison with traditional spelling.
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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Presents a collection of critical essays written in the nineteenth and early twentieth century about the American author and his works.

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