Esteemed as a literary critic and poet, Edgar Allan Poe was most highly acclaimed for his tales and sketches. He transformed the short story from anecdote to art, virtually created the detective story, and perfected the psychological thriller. This volume is the first of two, edited by the consummate Poe scholar Thomas Ollive Mabbott, collecting all the tales of this master of the uncanny, the unnerving, and the terrifying. Poe's stories reflect his professed method of 'writing as if the author were firmly impressed with the truth, yet astonished at the immensity of the wonders he related'. Marrying grotesque inventiveness with superb plot construction, Poe's strikingly original tales often use only one main character and one main incident.In many of them, horror and suspense, revenge and torture, are laced with hilarious satire. Each volume is enriched with Mabbott's detailed and authoritative notes on sources, the history and collation of all known texts authorized by Poe, and variants of Poe's 'final' version. Volume 1 includes Poe's earliest parodies, beginning in 1831, and gathers his gothic tales written through 1842. The stories collected in this volume include "Ms. Found in a Bottle," the horrific "Berenice," "Ligeia" (which Poe considered his finest tale), "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," and one of his most famous stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher". Promising spine-tingling delights and sleepless nights, this annotated edition of "Tales and Sketches" is a treasure trove for scholars and general readers alike, confirming Poe's status as one of literary art's 'most brilliant but erratic stars'.
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"This annotated edition establishes itself as the definitive text and record ... the product of a lifetime of research by the distinguished Poe scholar, Thomas O. Mabbott... Specialists will relish the rich headnotes, the complete rescension (including variorum footnotes) of the text, and the illuminating notes; the general reader will welcome the critical introductions, the readable page and attractive format, and the incisive commentary." -- Choice
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An excellent book for Poe admirers and scholars,
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This review is from: Tales & Sketches, Vol. 1: 1831-1842 (Paperback)
This book, arranged by Thomas Ollive Mabbott who is considered the best Poe scholar ever, is interspersed with explanations and foot-notes concerning the circumstances of origin of Poe's tales, carefully crafted and thoughtfully devised in a scientific accurate manner so that anyone who wants to know something more about Poe, and especially anyone who's anyone in matters of literature (because Poe is one of the most influential literary genius), is advised to peruse this book and will enjoy doing so.
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Of Poe's prentice work as a writer of fiction a little is known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
comma deleted, canceled passage, mellonta tauta, manuscript changes, eleven tales, punctuation changes, man that was used, unquiet eye, oval portrait, manuscript revisions, verbal changes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Southern Literary Messenger, William Wilson, House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe, Loss of Breath, Graham's Magazine, King Pest, The Bargain Lost, The Visionary, Philadelphia Saturday Courier, Roderick Usher, Vivian Grey, Natural History, Democratic Review, Pierre Bon-Bon, Tale of Jerusalem, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, Fifty Suggestions, Isaac D'Israeli, Killis Campbell, Madame L'Espanaye, The Assignation, Benjamin Disraeli, Fraser's Magazine New!
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Of Poe's prentice work as a writer of fiction a little is known. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Southern Literary Messenger, William Wilson, House of Usher, Edgar Allan Poe, Loss of Breath, Graham's Magazine, King Pest, The Bargain Lost, The Visionary, Philadelphia Saturday Courier, Roderick Usher, Vivian Grey, Natural History, Democratic Review, Pierre Bon-Bon, Tale of Jerusalem, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, Fifty Suggestions, Isaac D'Israeli, Killis Campbell, Madame L'Espanaye, The Assignation, Benjamin Disraeli, Fraser's Magazine New!
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