Name: Poe Knows: A Miscellany of Macabre Musings
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9781454945246

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Poe Knows: A Miscellany of Macabre Musings

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher

Union Square

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

18.4x13.3x2.4 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781454945246

Synopsis "Poe Knows: A Miscellany of Macabre Musings"

An illustrated wit-and-wisdom-style packaging of quotes and excerpts from the fiction and nonfiction of Edgar Allan Poe, organized by theme and presented in a lighter-than-Poe context. This book will collect several hundred quotes and aphorisms from Poe's poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Quotes will be organized in thematic chapter groupings, and each chapter will be prefaced with several introductory paragraphs that discuss Poe's preoccupation with their subject matter in a lighter vein. Chapter subjects will include such themes as "Madness," "Dreams," "Revenge," "Mortality," and "Premature Burial." Spot illustrations will be distributed through the text.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe (Boston, United States, 1809-1849) was a celebrated American writer, considered a master of the short story and a renovator of Gothic narrative. His work, marked by mystery and terror, includes iconic titles such as The Raven (1845), which immortalized him, and innovative poems and stories that influenced genres like detective fiction and science fiction. In addition to his literary output, Poe stood out as a critic and theorist, especially with his essay The Philosophy of Composition (1846). His legacy remains alive and has inspired literature, cinema, music, and art to this day.

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