He is widely acknowledged as the inventor of the modern detective story and an innovator in the science fiction genre, but he made his living as America’s first great literary critic and theoretician. This versatile writer’s oeuvre includes short stories, poetry, a novel, a textbook, a book of scientific theory, and hundreds of essays and book reviews. His works have been in print since 1827 and include such literary classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven, and The Fall of the House of Usher. The name Poe brings to mind images of murderers and madmen, premature burials, and mysterious women who return from the dead. He has also been acclaimed for outstanding teaching. He has published books, articles, and notes about Poe, and in American, Victorian, and Gothic studies, and serves on editorial boards for several professional journals. Fisher, Professor of English, University of Mississippi, is a longtime enthusiast of the works of Poe. It includes his famed masterpieces, such as 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Purloined Letter,' featuring Poe's great detective, Dupin his insightful studies of madness 'The Black Cat' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' 'The Gold-Bug,' his delightful exercise in 'code-breaking' and important but lesser-known tales, such as 'Bon-Bon,' 'The Assignation,' and 'King Pest.' Also included are some of Poe's most beloved poems, haunting lyrics of love and loss, such as 'Annabel Lee,' nightmare phantasmagories such as 'The Raven,' and his grand experiment in translating sound into words, 'The Bells.'īenjamin F. This anthology offers an exceptionally generous selection of Poe's short stories.

His tales and poems brim with psychological depth, almost painful intensity, and unexpected-and surprisingly modern-flashes of dark humor and irony. The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras.Ĭreator of the modern detective story, innovative architect of the horror genre, and a poet of extraordinary musicality, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of America's most popular and influential writers.

Essential tales and poems