The Cambridge Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe (repost)
The Cambridge Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe
Cambridge University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0521859670 | Pages: 146 | PDF | 1.59 MB
Cambridge University Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0521859670 | Pages: 146 | PDF | 1.59 MB
Much remains uncertain about the life of Edgar Allan Poe, the mysterious author of one of the best-known American poems, 'The Raven', the Gothic romance The Fall of the House of Usher, and the first detective fiction, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. This book provides a balanced overview of Poe's career and writings, resisting the tendency of many scholars to sensationalise the more enigmatic aspects of his life. Benjamin F. Fisher outlines Poe's experiments with a wide range of literary forms and genres, and shows how his fiction evolved from Gothic fantasy to plausible, sophisticated psychological fiction.