Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry & Tales (Library of America #19)
by (Edgar Allan) Poe
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0940450186
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450189
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About This Item
New York, United States: The Library of America, 1984. 12th Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Maroon cloth - In this complete and uniquely authoritative Library of America collection, Edgar Allan Poe's well-known tales of mystery and imagination and his best-known verse are collected with early poems, rarely published stories and humorous sketches, and the ecstatic prose poem Eureka. \n\nPoe's poetry is famous both for the musicality of To Helen and The City in the Sea and for the hypnotic, incantatory rhythms of The Raven and Ulalume. The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado show his mastery of Gothic horror; The Pit and the Pendulum is a classic of terror and suspense. Poe invented the modern detective story in The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and developed the form of science fiction that was to influence, among others, Jules Verne and Thomas Pynchon. Poe was also adept at the humorous sketch of playful jeu d'esprit, such as X-ing a Paragraph or Never Bet the Devil Your Head. All his stories reveal his high regard for technical proficiency and for what he called rationation. \n\nPoe's fugitive early poems, stories rarely collected (such as Bon-Bon, King Pest, Mystification, and The Duc De L'Omelette), his only attempt at drama, Politian--these and much more are included in this comprehensive collection, presented chronologically to show Poe's development toward Eureka: A Prose Poem, his culminating vision of an indeterminate universe, printed here for the first time as Poe revised it and intended it should stand. \n\nA special feature of this volume is the care taken to select an authoritative text of each work. The printing and publishing history of every item has been investigated in order to choose a version that incorporates all of Poe's own revisions without reproducing the errors or changes introduced by later editors. Here, then, is one of America's and the world's most disturbing, powerful, and inventive writers published in the first truly dependable collection of Poe's poetry and tales. \n\nLIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. Size: Octavo. 1408 pages. Category: Poetry; Poetry Books; Horror tales, American.; Poetry; ISBN: 0940450186. ISBN/EAN: 9780940450189. Dewey Code: 818.309. . 9780940450189
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- The Petersfield Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry & Tales (Library of America #19)
- Author
- (Edgar Allan) Poe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 12th Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0940450186
- ISBN 13
- 9780940450189
- Publisher
- The Library of America
- Place of Publication
- New York, United States
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- BZDB16 Poetry Books, Poetry By Individual Poets, Anthologies (non-poetry), Literature: History & Criticism, Literary Studies: General, Classic Books & Novels, Short Story Books Poetry; Poetry Books; Horror tales, American.; Poetry; ISBN: 0940450186 EAN:
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