Gavran - Crni mačak - Umorstva u Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Na spomen Edgara Allana Poea (1809.-1849.) pred oči nam iskaču slike ubojica, manijaka, prerano ukopanih osoba, tajanstvenih žena koje se vraćaju iz svijeta mrtvih... Američki pripovjedač, pjesnik, izdavač i književni kritičar, pripadnik američkog romantizma, smatra se tvorcem pripovijetke iz koje je nastala moderna kriminalistička i detektivska priča, te inovatorom u žanru fantastike. Mnoge teme i gotovo sav dekor Poeovih priča proizlaze iz konvencija koje su postojale u romantičnoj književnosti njegova vremena, naročito u njenoj "gotičkoj" struji.

Mračna poema o izgubljenoj ljubavi "Gavran" (1845; ovdje je donosimo u recentnijem prijevodu Luke Paljetka) donijela je Poeu svjetsku slavu zbog svoje muzikalnosti, stiliziranog jezika i nadnaravnog ugođaja. "Crni mačak" (1843., prevela Ana Mikačić) je jedna od najmračnijih Poeovih priča koja prikazuje ljudsku sklonost zlu. Pripovijetka "Umorstva u Rue Morgue" (1841., prevela Vedrana Dević) smatra se jednom od prvih kriminalističkih priča, za koju su neki kritičari čak tvrdili da je posve promijenila povijest književnosti.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789533282848
Publisher:	Publishdrive
Publication date:	11/25/2013
Series:	eLektire
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB
Language:	Croatian

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.