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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 considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. E is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. Oe and his works influenced literature in the United States and around the world, as well as in specialized fields, such as cosmology and cryptography.

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 considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is a pioneering writer of weird fiction His intense focus on the psychology of terror, his mastery of both psychological and supernatural horror, and his utilization of a dense, frenetic, and hypnotic prose style have made him not merely a master of the weird tale but the virtual founder of the short story his volume contains all the major weird works of Poe, from such early tales as Metzengerstein and Berenice to such masterworks as Ligeia and The Fall of the House of Usher to such late stories as The Cask of Amontillado and Hop-Frog.

Poe's one novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is included, as is his landmark detective story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, which features a considerable dose of physical horror n addition, many of Poe's weird poems, The City in the Sea, The Raven, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, and others, are included The most accurate and authoritative texts are used, and the volume concludes with a bibliography of first apparances of all the items included.

He volume is edited by S oshi, a leading authority on weird fiction Joshi is the author of The Weird Tale (1990),The Modern Weird Tale (2001), and Unutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction (2012), and he has prepared editions of the work of H. P ovecraft, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Machen, Ambrose Bierce, and many other weird writers.

Edition Details

• Limited to 500 copies.
• Introduction by S. T. Joshi.
• Massive, 800-page, low-cost edition of Poe’s best stories.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, full black cloth binding.
• Embossed Edgar Allan Poe signature on front board.
• Gorgeous dustjacket.
• Photographs of Edgar Allan Poe.

External Links

• Library of Weird Fiction: Edgar Allan Poe. Centipede Press page for Library of Weird Fiction: Edgar Allan Poe
• Edgar Allan Poe (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Edgar Allan Poe