Name: The pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)
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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN: 9780198827290

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The pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Illustrated by

David Van Leer

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6x14.5x3 cm

Weight

0.41 kg.

ISBN13

9780198827290

Edition No.

Synopsis "The pit and the Pendulum and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) "

Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. As well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tales are works of very real intellectual exploration. Abandoning the criteria of characterization and plotting in favor of blurred boundaries between self and other, will and morality, identity and memory, Poe uses the Gothic to question the integrity of human existence. Indeed, Poe is less interested in solving puzzles or in moral retribution than in exposing the misconceptions that make things seem "mysterious" in the first place. Attentive to the historical and political dimensions of these very American tales, this critical edition selects twenty-four tales and places the most popular -- "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and "The Purloined Letter" -- alongside less well-known travel narratives, metaphysical essays, and political satires.

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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