Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems
By Edgar Allan Poe.
Description
THE LIFE OF AMERICAN WRITER EDGAR ALLAN POE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY A DRAMATIC SERIES OF SUCCESSES AND FAILURE, 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 MAJOR CREATIVE FORCES AS THE FRENCH POETS CHARLES BAUDELAIRE AND ANDRE GIDE, FILMAKER D.W.GRIFFITH AND MODERN LITERARY LEGEND ALLEN GINSBERG. BEST KNOWN FOR HIS POEMS AND SHORT FICTION, POE PERFECTED THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER, INVENTED THE DETECTIVE STORY, AND RARELY MISSED TRANSPORTING THE READE...
ISBN(s)
0785814531, 9780785814535
