A Dream Within a Dream: The Life of Edgar Allan Poe

by Nigel Barnes

160 years after his death, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the most polarizing and mysterious figures in American literature. Hailed as a genius and condemned as a mentally unstable alcoholic --often in the same breath --the genre pioneer has received a considerable amount of less-than-kind attention from biographers. Taking a far more sympathetic approach, this meticulously researched account draws on public records, previous biographies, an exhaustive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0720613221
• ISBN13: 9780720613223
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.4"