Collected Tales, Poems, and Other Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
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Collected Tales, Poems, and Other Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
By (Author) Edgar Allan Poe
Edited by Professor Carl Ostrowski
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
26th January 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: poetry and poets
Educational: First / native language: School editions of literature texts
818.308
Physical Properties
Paperback
416
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
This collection brings together more than fifty of Edgar Allan Poes most important stories, poems, and critical writings, which established him as one of the most distinctive voices in American Literature, in a single accessible volume. Alongside annotated texts of each work, it also includes a complete Readers Guide to Poes work to help readers explore the contexts, style, and reception of his writing from his own time to today. An essential resource for students and teachers of Poe, this book includes stories such as The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Purloined Letter as well as his Gothic narrative poem The Raven and some of his most significant critical writings.
Author Bio
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a short story writer, poet, editor and critic. Born in Boston, Massachesetts, he is one of the most acclaimed American short story writers of the 19th century and he is generally considered the creator of detective fiction. Carl Ostrowski is Professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University, USA. He is the author of Books, Maps, and Politics:A Cultural History of the Library of Congress, 1783-1861, winner of the 2007 Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award, and Literature and Criminal Justice in Antebellum America.
