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Edgar Allan Poe
Paperback | Pages: 688 pages Rating: 4.36 | 66600 Users | 126 Reviews
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| Title | : | Essential Tales and Poems |
| Author | : | Edgar Allan Poe |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 688 pages |
| Published | : | October 25th 2004 by Barnes Noble Classics (first published 1843) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Poetry. Fiction. Horror. Short Stories |
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The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Creator of the modern detective story, innovative architect of the horror genre, and a poet of extraordinary musicality, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of America's most popular and influential writers. His tales and poems brim with psychological depth, almost painful intensity, and unexpected—and surprisingly modern—flashes of dark humor and irony. This anthology offers an exceptionally generous selection of Poe's short stories. It includes his famed masterpieces, such as "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter," featuring Poe's great detective, Dupin; his insightful studies of madness "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart"; "The Gold-Bug," his delightful exercise in "code-breaking"; and important but lesser-known tales, such as "Bon-Bon," "The Assignation," and "King Pest." Also included are some of Poe's most beloved poems, haunting lyrics of love and loss, such as "Annabel Lee," nightmare phantasmagories such as "The Raven," and his grand experiment in translating sound into words, "The Bells." Benjamin F. Fisher, Professor of English, University of Mississippi, is a longtime enthusiast of the works of Poe. He has published books, articles, and notes about Poe, and in American, Victorian, and Gothic studies, and serves on editorial boards for several professional journals. He has also been acclaimed for outstanding teaching.Rating Epithetical Books Essential Tales and Poems
Ratings: 4.36 From 66600 Users | 126 ReviewsCriticism Epithetical Books Essential Tales and Poems
Reading Poe is a decadent passion I have had for quiet some time. Therefore, my rating would likely be skewed. I believe he is a great thinker and could write to others that have not had a "perfect" life. Thank you, Edgar Allen Poe for giving of yourself to make humanity feel as though they are not aloneI think I will pester everyone I know into reading The Black Cat and The Tell-tale Heart, and a couple of the poems.I had always known as a teenager that I loved short horror stories, but I really fell in love with his. Before that, I would listen marveled to random friends telling ghost stories in the evenings. We have a similarly weirdly cold and dark poet in Romania as well, Bacovia, whose poems I also immediately loved.Be advised, this wasn't mandatory reading for me, being a Romanian, but I
The Maven Once, in summer, weary, I wanted to discuss a theory,And so walked up to the classroom of my teacher, Lenore.I started gently rapping, wondering if she wasnt napping, And then I heard the tapping of her feet across the floor;The tap, tap, tap of high-heeled shoes across the floorAnd there stood my LenoreOh, hello there, she said yawning as I said to her Good morning.I have something Id like to discuss with you, my dear Lenore.Well sit down, she said and went back to her desk; she
It really is a pity the stories aren't rated individually, because the second half of the collection of stories was superb. The first half seemed rather incomplete, like Poe got bored writing them and hastily concluded them. As for the poems, I did not care for most of them. My favorite poem from the collection, "The Raven", seemed to be written in an entirely different way than the other poems. Altogether, I highly recommend this work. It contains a little bit of many things - not only poetry
This has taken me years to finish. I found Poe to be a little to intense to read for weeks at a time. I started in in High School, forgot it for the first three years of College, and now I'm done.One thing that I loved about Poe was the intensity and immersion he creates. I've never read a book or story before where I almost dreaded turning the page because I was afraid.However, last story of this book was what nearly stopped me from finishing. The story was over 20 chapters long, and you would
A well written book. Enjoyed reading it.
Every time, around October/Halloween, I read Edgar Allan Poe. I've read a good portion of his stories and all of his poems, but I tried my best to read ALL of Poe's works, or at least, his lesser known works. Though, I haven't succeeded this year, it still feels nice to read Poe--who I consider, my favorite writer of all time.
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