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Edgar Allan Poe

Collected Stories and a Selection of his Best Loved Poems

Edgar Allan Poe( )
Illustrator: Poe, Edgar Allan
Author: Poe, Edgar Allan
Moore, Geoffrey
Introduction by: Porter, Peter
Series title:Great Poets Ser.
ISBN:978-0-517-57010-4
Publication Date:Nov 1986
Publisher:The Crown Publishing Group
Imprint:Crown
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $10.00
Book Description:

Edgar Allan Poe is perhaps best known as a writer of mystery tales. However, he was also of great importance as a poet -- a serious craftsman who influenced many later writers and himself took bold, imaginative strides into the future. While some of his poems have the macabre overtones of his stories, others are simple, lyrical expressions of emotion evoking a timeless and haunting quality. This selection of his verse is accompanied throughout by watercolours painted by Edmund Dulac...
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Book Details
Pages:64
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4.68 x 7.02 Inches
Book Weight:0.375 Pounds
Author Biography
Poe, Edgar Allen (Illustrator)
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army and his first collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published. In 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. His works include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. He struggle with depression and alcoholism his entire life and died on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40.

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