The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

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Cosimo, Inc., 1 ian. 2009 - 360 pagini
American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) pioneered the short story, popularized romantic Gothic fiction in the United States in the 19th century, and almost single-handedly invented the genre of detective fiction. Appreciating Poe's work is essential to any understanding of American literature. Here, in 10 volumes, is the complete oeuvre of this American original. Available again in Cosimo's beautiful replica of the 1902 edition, finely illustrated by Canadian artist FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN (1871-1960), and edited and with a critical introduction by American literary historian and journalist CHARLES F. RICHARDSON (1851-1913), this is a collection readers will treasure. Volume X: Miscellany features: [ "Maelzel's Chess-Player" [ "Philosophy of Furniture" [ "Cryptography" [ "Anastatic Printing" [ "Eureka-An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe" [ and more. This volume also includes the title index for the entire 10-volume series.

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Contents
2
Prefaces to The Conchologists First Book
40
Cryptography
54
A Chapter on Autography
77
Anastatic Printing
162
EurekaAn Essay on the Material and Spiritual
170
Title Index
341
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Despre autor (2009)

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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TitluThe Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
AutorEdgar Allan Poe
EditorCosimo, Inc., 2009
ISBN1605208655, 9781605208657
Lungime360 pagini
  
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