Tales of Mystery and Imagination

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Worth Literary Classics, 2008 - 347 Seiten
As well as the complete text in a clear modern typeface, each elegant volume includes engaging introductions by some of the world's most famous literary scholars, together with a full colour section introducing the author's characters, locations and times. The binding is luxury black imitation leather with rounded corners, elastic closure/bookmark, and a coloured disposable bellyband. With an introduction by Kevin J Hayes who is Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma and the recipient of the Virginia Library History Award, this work includes an essay on Poe's Reputation by Scott Peeples, who is Professor of English at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, who has also written two books on Poe. There is an essay on Poe and Identity by Louis A Renza who is a Professor of English at Dartmouth College and former Chair of the Dartmouth English Department. There is a short essay entitled Edgar Allan Poe: A Difficult Life.

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Introduction
vii
Poe and Identity
xxix
Publishing History
xliii
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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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