One Of The Most Original American Writers, Edgar Allan Poe Shaped The Development Of Both The Detective Story And The Science-fiction Story. Some Of His Poems--the Raven, The Bells, Annabel Lee--remain Among The Most Popular In American Literature. Poe's Tales Of The Macabre Still Thrill Readers Of All Ages. Here Are Familiar Favorites Like The Purloined Letter. The Fall Of The House Of Usher, And The Murders In The Rue Morgue, Together With Less Well-known Masterpieces Like The Imp Of The Perverse, The Narrative Of A. Gordon Pym And Ligeia, Which Is Now Recognised As One Of The First Science-fiction Stories, A Total Of Seventy-three Tales In All, Plus Fifty-three Poems And A Generous Sampling Of Poe's Essays, Criticism And Journalistic Writings.--back Cover. Tales -- The Unparalleled Adventure Of One Hans Pfaall -- The Gold-bug --the Balloon-hoax --von Kempelen And His Discovery --mesmeric Revelation -- The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar -- The Thousand-and-second Tale Of Scheherazade -- Ms. Found In A Bottle -- A Descent Into The Maelström -- The Murders In The Rue Morgue -- The Mystery Of Marie Roget -- The Purloined Letter -- The Black Cat -- The Fall Of The House Of Usher -- The Pit And The Pendulum -- The Premature Burial --the Masque Of The Red Death -- The Cask Of Amontillado -- The Imp Of The Perverse -- The Island Of The Fay -- The Oval Portrait -- The Assignation -- The Tell-tale Heart -- The System Of Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether -- The Literary Life Of Thingum Bob, Esq. -- How To Write A Blackwood Article -- A Predicament -- Mystification -- X-ing A Paragrab -- Diddling -- The Angel Of The Odd -- Mellonta Tauta -- Loss Of Breath -- The Man That Was Used Up -- The Business Man -- Maelzel's Chess-player --^ The Power Of Words -- The Colloquy Of Monos And Una -- The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion -- Shadow-a Parable -- Silence-a Fable -- Philosophy Of Furniture -- A Tale Of Jerusalem -- The Sphinx -- The Man Of The Crowd -- Never Bet The Devil Your Head -- Thou Art The Man -- Hop-frog -- Four Beasts In One; The Homo-camelopard -- Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand In A Sling -- Bon-bon -- Some Words With A Mummy -- Review Of Stephens' Arabia Petraea -- Magazine-writing-peter Snook -- The Quacks Of Helicon-a Satire -- Astoria -- The Domain Of Arnheim, Or The Landscape Garden -- Landor's Cottage -- William Wilson -- Berenice -- Eleonora -- Ligeia -- Morella -- Metzengerstein -- A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains -- The Spectacles -- The Duc De L'omelette -- The Oblong Box -- King Pest -- Three Sundays In A Week -- The Devil In The Belfry -- Lionizing -- Narrativeof A. Gordon Pym -- Preface To The Poems -- The Poetic Principle -- The Rationale Of Verse -- Poems -- The Raven --^ Lenore -- Hymn -- A Valentine -- The Coliseum -- To Helen -- To-- -- Ulalume -- The Bells -- An Enigma -- Annabel Lee -- To My Mother -- The Haunted Palace -- The Conqueror Worm -- To F-s S, O-d -- To One In Paradise -- The Valley Of Unrest -- The City In The Sea -- The Sleeper -- Silence -- A Dream Within A Dream -- Dream-land -- To Zante -- Eulalie -- Eldorado -- Israfel -- For Annie -- To-- -- Bridal Ballad -- To F-- -- Scenes From Politian -- Poems Written In Youth -- Sonnet-to Science -- Al Aaraaf -- To The River-- -- Tamerlane -- To-- -- A Dream -- Romance -- Fairy-land -- The Lake-- To-- --song -- To M.l.s.-- -- Spirits Of The Dead -- To Helen -- Evening Star -- The Happiest Day -- Imitation -- Hymn To Aristogeiton And Harmodius, Translation From The Greek -- Dreams -- In Youth I Have Known One -- A Paean -- To Isadore -- Alone. Originally Published By The Modern Library In 1938--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References.

Categories:

• Arts & Photography
  
  
  • History & Criticism
    • History