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This selection of Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry demonstrates an intense interest in aesthetic issues and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. "The Fall of the House of Usher" describes the final hours of a family tormented by tragedy and the legacy of the past. In "The Tell Tale Heart", a murderer's insane delusions threaten to betray him, while stories such as "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Cask of Amontillado" explore extreme states of decadence, fear and hate.
Series: Penguin Classics
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Reissue edition (April 29, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780141439815
ISBN-13: 978-0141439815
ASIN: 0141439815
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 1 x 7.8 inches
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When I first got this book I gazed for many moments at the wonderful cover illustration, which is a detail from an illustration by John Byam Liston Shaw for "The Masque of the Red Death." It captures, for me, the essence of Poe: beauty, mystery and terror.The book's Contents:Introduction by David GallowayPOEMSStanzasSonnet--To ScienceAl AaraafRomanceTo HelenIsrafelThe City in the SeaThe SleeperLenoreThe Valley of UnrestThe RavenUlalumeFor AnnieA ValentineAnnabel LeeThe BellsEldoradoTALESMS. Found in a BottleLigeiaThe Man that was Used UpThe Fall of the House of UsherWilliam WilsonThe Man of the CrowdThe Murders in the Rue MorgueA Descent into the MaelstromEleonoraThe Oval PortraitThe Masque of the Red DeathThe Pit and the PendulumThe Tell-Tale HeartThe Gold-BugThe Black CatThe Purloined LetterThe Facts in the Case of M. ValdemarThe Cast of AmontilladoHop-FrogESSAYS AND REVIEWSLetter to B--Georgia ScenesThe Drake-Halleck Review (excerpts)Watkins TottleThe Philosophy of FurnitureWyandotteMusicTime and SpaceTwice-Told TalesThe American Drama (excerpts)HazlittThe Philosophy of CompositionSong-WritingOn ImaginationThe Veil of the SoulThe Poetic Principle (excerpts)NOTESI was, at first, shocked that "The Conqueror Worm" was absent from the poetry, but then I remembered that the poem is contained within the text of "Ligeia." At 488 pages, this is an ample edition of Poe's Works.
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