An exciting addition to Everyman's Library- a new series of small, handsome hardcover volumes devoted to the world's classic poets. Our books have twice as many pages as Bloomsbury Classics' 128pp. The binding, paper and production is visibly superior in every way to that of Bloomsbury.
Probably the most important single figure in nineteenth century American literature, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) exerted an enormous influence over later writers, especially French Symbolist poets, including Baudelaire and Mallarme, and through them he affected the entire field of modern literature from THE WASTE LAND to LOLITA. Probably best known for his macabre short stories, including THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, and THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, Poe's influence was spread primarily through his poems and essays which are here reprinted. The current volume includes all his extant poems and extensive selections from his essays on poetry.
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Edgar Allan Poe Imprint: Everyman's Library Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 165mm,
Width: 113mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 232g ISBN:9781857157246 ISBN 10: 1857157249 Series:Everyman's Library POCKET POETS Pages: 256 Publication Date:08 December 1995 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, USA, in 1809. Poe, short story writer, editor and critic, he is best known for his macabre tales and as the progenitor of the detective story. He died in 1849, in mysterious circumstances, at the age of forty.