Edgar Allan Poe
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Pub. Date
2014
Description
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American...
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Description
The importance of Edgar Allan Poe to literary history can hardly be exaggerated; his genius and originality, both in terms of language and technique, influenced the French Symbolists of the late 19th century and thus changed the course of modern literature. Although chiefly remembered for his short stories, poetry was his first love, and this magnificently decorated edition presents Poe's complete poems in addition to his most important critical essays...
34) Edgar Allan Poe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Five stories by the nineteenth-century American writer best known for his tales of horror.
Author
Pub. Date
[1988]
Description
The only full-length novel by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" was first published in 1838. It is the story of a boy from Nantucket, Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship, the "Grampus", with the help of his friend Augustus, the ship captain's son. Pym and Augustus experience many unexpected adventures and misfortunes at sea, including mutiny, violent storms, cannibalism, and the destruction of the ship. Eventually,...
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Series
Pub. Date
2004, 1982.
Description
"Presents a selection of the author's prose, poetry, and sixteen of his best-known tales, including "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Black Cat," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Tell-Tale Heart"--From publisher.