SCI-FI & FANTASY COLLECTION - Tales of Illusion & Supernatural (Illustrated): Ms. Found in a Bottle, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Balloon-Hoax, Mesmeric Revelation, Mystification, The Premature Burial, The Oblong

by Edgar Allan Poe, Byam Shaw (Illustrator), Harry Clarke (Illustrator)

Overview

Poe was a prolific writer of science fiction and supernatural tales, responding in his writing to numerous emerging technologies. He often included elements of popular pseudo-sciences, dealing with themes such as time travel and resurrection of the dead. Table of Contents: Ms. Found in a Bottle The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar A Descent into the Maelstrom The Balloon-Hoax Mesmeric Revelation The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade Some Words with a Mummy A Tale of the Ragged Mountains The Power of Words Mellonta Tauta Mystification The Premature Burial The Oblong Box The Spectacles The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether The Sphinx Von Kempelen and His Discovery The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion The Colloquy of Monos and Una Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788026878124
Publisher:	e-artnow
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	229
File size:	2 MB

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.