Tales and Sketches: 1831-1842University of Illinois Press, 2000 - 1451 стор. Esteemed as a literary critic and poet, Edgar Allan Poe was most highly acclaimed for his tales and sketches. He transformed the short story from anecdote to art, virtually created the detective story, and perfected the psychological thriller. This volume is the first of two, edited by the consummate Poe scholar Thomas Ollive Mabbott, collecting all the tales of this master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. Poe's stories reflect his professed method of "writing as if the author were firmly impressed with the truth, yet astonished at the immensity of the wonders he related." Marrying grotesque inventiveness with superb plot construction, Poe's strikingly original tales often use only one main character and one main incident. In many of them, horror and suspense, revenge and torture, are laced with hilarious satire. Each volume is enriched with Mabbott's detailed and authoritative notes on sources, the history and collation of all known texts authorized by Poe, and variants of Poe's "final" version. Volume 1 includes Poe's earliest parodies, beginning in 1831, and gathers his gothic tales written through 1842. The stories collected in this volume include "Ms. Found in a Bottle," the horrific "Berenice," "Ligeia" (which Poe considered his finest tale), "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and one of his most famous stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher." Promising spine-tingling delights and sleepless nights, this annotated edition of Tales and Sketches is a treasure trove for scholars and general readers alike, confirming Poe's status as one of literary art's "most brilliant but erratic stars." |
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THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET 715 | 4 |
METZENGERSTEIN | 15 |
THE DUC DE LOMELETTE | 31 |
A DECIDED LOSS | 51 |
THE PREMATURE BURIAL 953 | 61 |
18451846 | 82 |
THE BARGAIN LOST | 83 |
SOME SECRETS OF THE MAGAZINE PRISONHOUSE 1205 | 115 |
MORELLA | 221 |
A PREDICTION 1319 | 236 |
KING PEST | 238 |
AUTOGRAPHY | 259 |
XING A PARAGRAB 1367 | 285 |
VON JUNG MYSTIFICATION | 291 |
SOURCES OF TEXTS COLLATED | 304 |
LIGEIA | 305 |
EPIMANES FOUR BEASTS IN ONB | 117 |
MS FOUND IN A BOTTLE | 130 |
THE VISIONARY THE ASSIGNATION | 148 |
LIONIZING | 169 |
THE PURLOINED LETTER 972 | 185 |
SHADOW A PARABLE | 187 |
THE FOLIO CLUB | 200 |
BERENICE | 207 |
OTHER WORKS FREQUENTLY USED 1405 | 315 |
MESMERIC REVELATION | 333 |
THE PSYCHE ZENOBIA | 334 |
THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY | 362 |
THE MAN THAT WAS USED UP | 376 |
THE BALLOON HOAX 1063 | 390 |
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER | 392 |
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Tales and Sketches: 1831-1842 Edgar Allan Poe,Thomas Ollive Mabbott,Eleanor D. Kewer Обмежений попередній перегляд - 2000 |