| The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Vol. III of V, Fiction, Classics, Literary Collections Contributor(s): Poe, Edgar Allan (Author), Schweitzer, Darrell (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1592245455 ISBN-13: 9781592245451 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Poe didn't merely write stories which were "the best of their kind," but which were the best of several kinds, some of which he invented. In the present volume we see what is his most extensive and in many ways most intriguing work of fiction, "The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym." This is Poe's only attempt at a novel, if one discounts the incomplete hoax-serial, "The Journal of Julius Rodman," a supposed account of explorations in the West, which was discontinued when a magazine publisher stopped paying for it. "The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym" is a lot more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 818.309 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.46" W x 9.32" (1.58 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Poe, Edgar Allan: - "Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American writer, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career." |