This vintage book contains a complete collection of Edgar Allen Poe's poetry and essays. One of the most celebrated and seminal figures in American literary history, Poe wrote hundreds of short stories in the horror, mystery, fantasy, detective, and science fiction genres; and has been immortalised in time as the unparalleled master of the macabre. This volume is would make for a worthy addition to any collection, and constitutes a must-have for fans of this most unique writer. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing "Poems and Essays - Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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black & white illustrations
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 31 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-4474-1784-2 (9781447417842)
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is one of the most significant and singular writers in the history of American letters. He was a poet, a pioneer of science fiction, the father of the detective story, and a master of the macabre whom Nobel-prize winner Toni Morrison identified as a key to America's conflicted literary conscience. He died mysteriously in Baltimore at the age of forty, leaving behind a body of work that has influenced writers and artists such as Stéphane Mallarmé, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Franz Kafka, Paul Klee, H. P. Lovecraft, Jorge Luis Borges, Stephen King, Tim Burton, Guillermo del Toro, and every crime writer to this day.
