Poems and Prose
By (Author) Edgar Allan Poe
Everyman
Everyman's Library
8th December 1995
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Literary essays
818.3
Hardback
256
Width 114mm, Height 165mm, Spine 18mm
227g
Probably the most important single figure in 19th century American literature, Edgar Allan Poe exerted a n enormous influence over later writers, and through them he affected the entire field of modern literature. '
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, in 1809. Poe, short story writer, editor and critic, he is best known for his macabre tales and as the progenitor of the detective story. He died in 1849, in mysterious circumstances, at the age of forty.