First published 2016
This collection presents the complete works of Edgar Allan Poe, the American author who lived from 1809 to 1849. Born in Boston and orphaned early, Poe was raised by the Allan family in Richmond, Virginia. He attended the University of Virginia briefly before pursuing a literary career. Poe worked as an editor at several magazines including the Southern Literary Messenger, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia. He married his fourteen-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm in 1835. His career began with the anonymous poetry collection Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827. After his novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym failed commercially, Poe focused on short stories, publishing Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1839. He developed a theory that every element in a story should contribute to a single effect. Poe invented the detective story genre and anticipated both science fiction and fantasy. He spent his final years in New York working for the Broadway Journal, which he eventually owned. This volume captures the full range of his contributions to American Romanticism and his elevation of the short story form.
Genres: fiction, classics, literary-fiction, american-fiction, american, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
Setting: Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, Virginia
Period: 1809-1849
328 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform