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ISBN:	0760756740 (ISBN13: 9780760756744)
Edition Language:	English

Selected Poems and Tales

Edgar Allan Poe

Hardcover | Pages: 256 pages

Rating: 4.21 | 277 Users | 31 Reviews

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For more than a century-and-a-half, Edgar Allan Poe's poems and tales have thrilled readers with chilling accounts of matters mysterious and macabre. Their somber poetry and rich moods of menace and melancholy have conjured some of the most haunting images in American literature: the accusing echo of the tell-tale heart, the beloved but doomed Annabel Lee, the gloom-shrouded House of Usher, the maddening tortures of the pit and pendulum, the eerie and enigmatic Raven.

Dramatic and irreversible, Poe's work invites us to match our darkest imaginings to his vision of the world colored by grief and madness and haunted by specters of guilt and death. This illustrated edition captures Poe's best-known works in all their shadowy splendor through the incomparable art of Mark Summers. His striking full-page color illustrations and ghostly black-and-white pencil sketches reveal the skull beneath the skin of Poe's obsessed and mournful characters and subtly express their heart of emotional darkness that gives them life and purpose.

The book also features and introduction by best-selling fantasist and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman, who discusses his personal relationship with Poe's writing and its enduring impact. "Poe", he writes, "for all his short life and unfulfilled potential, remains as much read today, his finest stories as successful, as readable, as contemporary as anyone can desire." This new edition of Poe's unforgettable writing is a colorful and imaginative tribute to this most contemporary of classic writers.

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Title	:	Selected Poems and Tales
Author	:	Edgar Allan Poe
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	deluxe
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	September 11th 2004 by Barnes & Noble
Categories	:	Classics. Poetry. Fiction. Short Stories. Horror. Mystery

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Ratings: 4.21 From 277 Users | 31 Reviews

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The illustrations for this volume are worth the price you may pay. Mark Summers has some striking pieces occupying full pages; my husband and I first encountered these illustrations when they were featured in a museum exhibit focusing on various artists' renditions of Poe stories and poetry. (By the way, Neil Gaiman wrote the introduction to the anthology as well!)

Edgar Allan Poe is known as a famous poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, literary critic and publisher. He played a major role in the romantic American literature history. Although he is mostly known for his gruesome and obscure stories, he was one of the pioneer of the short story and also regarded as the inventor of the new detective-fiction genre. Poe was the first renowned writer who made his living through his writings only due to which there were many financial difficulties

I'm not a poe afficionado but wanted to read some of his writing- I found it hard to read these at first just getting into his style but he really grew on me. probably easier to take it slowly unless you're already a poe fan, but some real gems in here and he is truly fantastic at setting a scene in a very few pages.

This is a beautiful edition with wonderful illustrations.

I grew up with my father telling me Edgar Allen Poe stories at the foot of my bed. I bought this book years ago. When I read it, it reminds me of my childhood.Poe is in a class all by himself. His tales and poems make you think and feel, which has become something of a lost art in modern writing.Don't discount this book for teens. The darkness will appeal to them and the tales, as always, have a sense of redemption.

Some creepy, some weird, some absolutely brilliant.

The way I feel about Poe's writing is that he has good ideas, but they way he tells his stories doesn't really work for me and most of his poetry is a bit too much. There's too many words to tell one thing, too much exposition and not enough happening, and too much telling and not enough showing.