Edgar Allan Poe
by Paul Collins
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0544261879
- ISBN 13
- 9780544261877
- Seller
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Hixson, Tennessee, United States
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Synopsis
Today the name Edgar Allan Poe invokes a tragic genius whose mastery of horror seems inexorably tied to his tormented life. But in his own time, Poe was above all a craftsman—an editor and reviewer desperately trying to earn a living by transmuting the wild ephemera of early Victorianism into innovations in science fiction, horror, and detective literature. Indeed, the crime thriller would not exist without Poe’s sleuth Dupin, the deductive genius of “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “The Purloined Letter.” With brilliant scholarship and storytelling verve, Paul Collins delves into Poe’s life and his professional world, from his stormy relationship with his rich adoptive father and interest in cryptograms to hits such as “The Raven” and flops like Eureka, his late-career crank literature outing. Edgar Allan Poe is an informative and supremely entertaining account of one of the most singular talents in American letters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pasamonte Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3740
- Title
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Author
- Paul Collins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0544261879
- ISBN 13
- 9780544261877
- Publisher
- Icon Series / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston & New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Edgar Allan Poe; Biography
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