Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Worth Literary Classics) - Hardcover

Edgar Allan Poe

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9781903025581: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Worth Literary Classics)

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ISBN 10: 1903025583 ISBN 13: 9781903025581

Publisher: Worth Press Ltd, 2008

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As well as the complete text in a clear modern typeface, each elegant volume includes engaging introductions by some of the world's most famous literary scholars, together with a full colour section introducing the author's characters, locations and times. The binding is luxury black imitation leather with rounded corners, elastic closure/bookmark, and a coloured disposable bellyband. With an introduction by Kevin J Hayes who is Professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma and the recipient of the Virginia Library History Award, this work includes an essay on "Poe's Reputation" by Scott Peeples, who is Professor of English at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, who has also written two books on Poe. There is an essay on "Poe and Identity" by Louis A Renza who is a Professor of English at Dartmouth College and former Chair of the Dartmouth English Department. There is a short essay entitled "Edgar Allan Poe: A Difficult Life".

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Edgar Allan Poe, "the father of the detective story" and a master of horror, is one of the greatest American short story writers. In these stories we meet people struggling with fear, revenge, mental illness and death. Which of them will win their battles &; and which will lose?

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