This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterise his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Premature Burial' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart', all of Poe's Augu[...]
Turning his immense intellect and remarkable artistic flair to the most challenging concepts of all - that of the creation of the world, its continued existence and its ultimate end - Poe has created a truly extraordinary work. In his strange blend of poetry and scientific treaty, fact and frenzied [...]
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is the poet of the night world, of the inexplicable, the uncanny. His poems do not analyse, they do not explain: they exist with the intensity of hallucinations. In the breathtakingly seductive beauty of 'To Helen' - 'Like those Nicean barks of yore, /that gently o'er a[...]
'The Raven' is the poem that made Poe famous, and it has captured the imagination of thousands of readers since its first publication in 1845. This beautifully presented edition reproduces the complete text of Poe's most famous poem alongside the illustrations by renowned artist Gustave Dore.[...]
Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-century American sensibility.[...]
Stories in the Travelman Short Stories series take the reader to places of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance, and corners of the universe yet unexplored. In turn, readers take them on the bus or subway, slip them into briefcases and lunchboxes, and send them from Jersey to Juneau. Each classic or [...]
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 leath[...]
This collection of Poe's work contains some of the most exciting and haunting stories ever written. They range from the poetic to the mysterious to the darkly comic, yet all possess the genius for the grotesque that defines Poe's writing. They are peopled with neurotics and social outcasts, obsessed[...]
This companion volume to "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" contains Poe's best-known poetry and a selection of his very best stories, including some fine tales from the last decade of his tragically short life. Many of these stories and poems reflect familiar Poe themes of murder, obsession, and love[...]
At last, America's Master Storyteller joins the ranks of Delphi Classics' scholarly collections. This is the COMPLETE WORKS of the great literary giant Edgar Allan Poe. Now you can truly own Poe's immense and diverse works on your eReading device. (Version 6)* the COMPLETE poetry, with special Chron[...]
Explores the philosophical and symbolic significance of Poe's most mature works, complementing the collection with a selection of essays on the writer's poetic goals.[...]
A unique luxury edition of some of Edgar Allan Poe's famous short stories, "Tales of the Macabre" takes the reader into the heart of a dozen stories, including "The Fall of The House of Usher", "Berenice", and "The Black Cat"...all beautifully illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe. It includes Charles Bau[...]
ResumenExpress.com presenta y analiza en esta guia de lectura La carta robada, de Edgar Allan Poe. Maestro del genero policiaco, el escritor nos narra el robo de un documento que compromete a un personaje de la realeza. Conseguira Dupin, el heroe del relato, recuperarlo?!Ya no tienes que leer y res[...]
Unlock the more straightforward side of The Murders in the Rue Morgue with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe, a short story about the brutal murder of a mother and daughter in their home in [...]
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Eine sensationelle Entdeckung zum 200. Geburtstag von Edgar Allan Poe Für ein nur einstündiges Gespräch mit dem amerikanischen Kultautor Edgar Allan Poe, ein Mythos schon zu Lebzeiten, wollte der legendäre König Ludwig II. von Bayern seinen Thron geben. Was war der Grund dafür? Erstmals wir[...]