The Cambridge Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe

by Benjamin F. Fisher and Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV

Book Overview

Much remains uncertain about the life of Edgar Allan Poe, the mysterious author of one of the best-known American poems, 'The Raven', the Gothic romance The Fall of the House of Usher, and the first detective fiction, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. This book provides a balanced overview of Poe's career and writings, resisting the tendency of many scholars to sensationalise the more enigmatic aspects of his life. Benjamin F. Fisher outlines Poe's experiments...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521676916
• ISBN13: 9780521676915
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"