The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

Lizzie Doten, a Massachusetts spiritualist lecturer, performed and published six “Poe” poems under the title Poems from the Inner Life (1864). Gordon Pym of Nantucket,Ĭonversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstromĭuc De L'Ome1ette Eleonora Facts in the Case of M.These spirit poets really did believe they had Poe’s “brain in their hands”. The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall,Ĥ. The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling, 415 Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade, 'Ihe Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq., 305 System of Doctor Tart and Professor Fether, The present edition brings together all Poe's stories and poems in a single volutne designed for easy readability and as a permanent part of the American home library.Ĭollected works (single author, multi-form) Taken together, Poe's short stories cornprise one of the half dozen great works of literature by an American writer, and his verse - slender olume though it is - forms a rich and nnique contribution to the poetry of the English language. The shortness of Poe's life (he died tragically at forty) and his failure to produce any single 'major' work haw somewhat obscured the true magnitude of his total production.

Gordon Pym, which is actually long enough to classify as a novel.įinally, there is Poe's lyric poetry which at its best - The Raven, UlItone, Annabel Lee, The Bells - achieves astonishing rnusical effects sea reelv if ever equaled in words. In addition to all this he wrote a first-rate adventure yarn, The Narrative of A. Rarely since has the detective story attained the literary distinction which its inventor brought to it.īesides mystery and suspense, Poe was adept at fantasy, humor, satire and (The Adventure of Hans Pfaal ) science fiction. His character Dupin, original exponent of scientific deduction, appeared a generation before Sherlock Holmes, and in Murders in the Rue Morgue Poe created, at the very birth of the genre, one of its greatest master- pieces. Poe is at the same time the father of another major branch of modern fiction: the detective story. Every sentence carries the reader irresistibly toward a climax which continues to build to the last line, even the final word. Ligeia, The Tell- Tale Heart, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Cask of Amontillado brought the suspense story to a point of artistic perfection not since surpassed. AMONG the great masters of the short story, Edgar Allan Poe retains his preeminence after more than a century.

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe