Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, 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 is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction.[1] He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in...
Collected works of Edgar Allan Poe
Collected works of Edgar Allan Poe
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This scholarly collection gathers Edgar Allan Poe's complete tales, sketches, and poems, edited by Poe scholar Thomas Ollive Mabbott. It includes his most enduring horror stories — "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado" — alongside detective fiction like "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and poetry including "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee."
Spanning gothic horror, early detective fiction, and dark romantic poetry, this collection captures the full range of a writer whose influence on both genres remains foundational nearly two centuries later.
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Collected works of Edgar Allan PoeUnknown, 1969
657 pages
Belknap Press of Harvard University PressISBN: 97806741393505 editions available
