The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings

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Poe, Edgar AllanAckroyd, PeterHrsg.Galloway DavidHrsg.Miller HarlandIllustrationen

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A selection of Edgar Allen Poe's critical writings, short fiction and poetry that demonstrates his intense interest in aesthetic issues, and the astonishing power and imagination with which he probed the darkest corners of the human mind.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-14-143981-5

ProduktartTaschenbuch

EinbandKartoniert, Paperback

FormatB-Format Paperback (UK)

VerlagPenguin Books UKPenguin Classics

ErscheinungslandVereinigtes Königreich

Erscheinungsdatum27.03.2003

Seiten560 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 129 mm, Höhe 198 mm, Dicke 24 mm

Gewicht383 g

Artikel-Nr.1050817

KatalogBuchzentrum

Datenquelle-Nr.1199306

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Poe, Edgar AllanAckroyd, PeterHrsg.Galloway DavidHrsg.Miller HarlandIllustrationen

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.