The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

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Cosimo, Inc., Jan 1, 2009 - Poetry - 396 pages
American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) pioneered the short story, popularized romantic Gothic fiction in the United States in the 19th century, and almost single-handedly invented the genre of detective fiction. Appreciating Poe's work is essential to any understanding of American literature. Here, in 10 volumes, is the complete oeuvre of this American original. Available again in Cosimo's beautiful replica of the 1902 edition, finely illustrated by Canadian artist FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN (1871-1960), and edited and with a critical introduction by American literary historian and journalist CHARLES F. RICHARDSON (1851-1913), this is a collection readers will treasure. Volume VIII: Criticisms features: [ "J. Fenimore Cooper" [ "Amelia Welby" [ "Some Secrets of the Magazine Prison-House" [ "Mr. Longfellow and Other Plagiarists" [ "William Cullen Bryant" [ "The Literati" (continued in Vol. IX) [ and more.
 

Contents

William Ellery Channing
1
J Fenimore Cooper
22
R H Horne
42
Amelia Welby
59
William Gilmore Simms
287
William Cullen Bryant
293
The Literati
312
George B Cheever
347
Verplanck
355
Laughton Osborn
361
FitzGreene Halleck
367
Ann S Stephens
376
James Aldrich
382
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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army and his first collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published. In 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. His works include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. He struggle with depression and alcoholism his entire life and died on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40.

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