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Informationen zum Autor Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems , before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia. Klappentext 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung A selection of Edgar Allen Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry that demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Fall of the House of Usher and Other WritingsChronology Introduction Further Reading A Note on the Text Poems Stanzas Sonnet - To Science Al Aaraaf Romance To Helen Israfel The City and the Sea The Sleeper Lenore The Valley of Unrest The Raven Ulalume For Annie A Valentine Annabel Lee The Bells Tales MS. Found in a Bottle Ligeia The Man that was Used Up The Fall of the House of Usher William Wilson The Man of the Crowd The Murders in the Rue Morgue A Decent into the Maelström Eleonora The Oval Portrait The Masque of the Red Death The Pit and the Pendulum The Tell-Tale Heart The Gold Bug The Black Cat The Purloined Letter The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Cask of Amontillado Hop-Frog Essays and Reviews Letter to B-- Georgia Scenes The Drake-Halleck Review (excerpts) Watkins Tottle The Philosophy of Furniture Wyandotté Music Time and Space Twice-Told Tales The American Drama (excerpts) Hazlitt The Philosophy of Composition Song-Writing On Imagination The Veil of the Soul The Poetic Principle (excerpts) Notes ...
