Edgar Allan Poe - His Life and Legacy

This biography of Edgar Allan Poe, a giant of American Literature who invented both the horror and detective genre, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant bu underpaid author, a temerate man and uncontrollable addict.

About the author

Jeffrey Meyers is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of Hemingway: Life into Art, Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, and many other biographies. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Summary

This biography of Edgar Allan Poe, a giant of American Literature who invented both the horror and detective genre, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant bu underpaid author, a temerate man and uncontrollable addict.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Meyers
• Publisher: Cooper Square Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.09.2000
• EAN: 9780815410386
• ISBN: 978-0-8154-1038-6
• No. of pages: 378
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 613 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies