In this Norton Critical Edition, G. R. Thompson has fully introduced, annotated, and edited each text. Backgrounds and Contexts includes fifty-seven carefully chosen documents that illuminate Poe s prolific but short career, among them reviews, prefaces, and correspondence by Poe as well as thematic[...]
Edgar Allan Poe's dark obsessions and fascination with the supernatural find a perfect match in W. Heath Robinson's powerful and haunting imagery. This magnificently decorated hardcover edition re-creates a 1900 publication from the famed Endymion series of illustrated poets, offering Poe's complete[...]
Edgar Allan Poe was a master of tales of the mysterious and macabre. From the eerie incantations of "The Raven" to the persistent fright of "The Tell-Tale Heart," his stories and poems are unforgettable explorations of the darker side of life that still offer lessons and insight into human behavior [...]
The classic poems and spine-tingling stories of a Gothic American master collected in one volume.Of all the American masters, Edgar Allan Poe staked out perhaps the most unique and vivid reputation, as a master of the macabre. Even today, in the age of horror movies and high-tech haunted houses, Poe[...]
This title includes: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Cask of Amontilado", "The Black Cat", "The Masque of the Death", "The Pit and the Pendulum" and, more.[...]
Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. As well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tal[...]
"The Portable Poe" compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the world's first detective story. In addition, [...]
All of the tales by the master of the detective and the macabre story. 53 of his best-known poems plus essays and criticisms.[...]
Edgar Allan Poe's classic work of graphology, which includes as much literary criticism as it does handwriting analysis, and also serves as an overview of the major literary figures of his time - some still well-known, many forgotten. This edition includes an introduction and a Biographical Dictiona[...]
"The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Gold-Bug" - these are some of the most famous tales of terror and the most macabre detective stories ever written. Acknowledged master of suspense, Poe was also a poet and - as his stories of mesmeris[...]
A sweet little cat drives a man to insanity and murder....
The grim death known as the plague roams a masquerade ball dressed in red....
A dwarf seeks his final revenge on his captors....
A sister calls to her beloved twin from beyond the grave....
Prepare yourself. You are about[...]
The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and failures, breakdowns and recoveries, personal gains and hopes dashed through, despite which he created some of the finest literature the world has ever known. Over time his works have influenced such [...]
An indispensable anthology of brilliant hard-to-find writings by Poe on poetry, the imagination, humor, and the sublime which adds a new dimension to his stature as a speculative thinker and philosopher. Essays (in translation) by Charles Baudelaire Stephane Mallarme, Paul Valery, & Andre Breton she[...]
Gathers all of Poe's poetry, tales, short stories, and general essays in chronological order
This title is suitable for children aged 10 and up. Murder, revenge, deranged fantasies and dark superstitions: better leave the lights on after reading these 24 chilling tales of horror and suspense, spun by master storyteller Edgar Allan Poe. This collection includes such unforgettable stories as [...]
Enduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship A collection of the Gothic master's classic works in prose and verse. This Enriched Classic Edition Includes: A concise introduction that gives the reader important background informationA chronology of the author's life and workA timeline of[...]
Stories of lost love, lost ways . . . and lost minds Gris Grimly's mysterious, morbid, and macabre illustrations capture four Poe classics with an unmatchable ghoulish charm. This second installment of illustrated Poe tales, a companion to Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Madness, includes th[...]