The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Signet Classics)
Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN 10: 0451526759 ISBN 13: 9780451526755
Published by Signet Classics, 1998
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<p> Collected in these two volumes are roe's legendary tales of terror that attest to his stylistic brilliance in evoking an atmosphere of gloom and obsession. Creatures, eyes, coffins, walls-all are symbols in roe's efforts to create an aura of evil. What reader would not share the anxiety of the traveler in <i>The Fall of the House of Usher</i>, who upon his first glimpse of the house, finds an "insufferable gloom pervading my spirit... an utter depression of the soul... an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart"? In volume 2 his nightmarish visions take us down untraveled paths revealing the dark side of the human experience.</p>
About the Author: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American short story writer, poet, and critic, best known for his tales of the macabre and supernatural. The late Frederick S. Frank was Professor Emeritus of English at Allegheny College. He published widely on Gothic literature and was the editor of the Broadview Edition of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother. Diane Hoeveler is Professor of English at Marquette University.
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Title: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other ...
Publisher: Signet Classics
Publication Date: 1998
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