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Edgar Allan Poe: A Biographyby Milton Meltzer
Synopses & Reviews
Countless school children have recited the opening line of Poe's The Raven: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..." But Poe is valued not only for his poetry. He was also a prolific writer of short stories, the creator of two literary forms that readers everywhere enjoy--the detective story and the horror thriller.
Special Features: Index, Chronology, Bibliography, Reading Poe Curriculum Strands: Literature
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.
Table of Contents
Theater in the blood — A quick and clever boy — The teenager — Soldier and poet — In West Point, and out — Satire and science fiction — Editor, novelist, husband — Hoaxes and horrors — The first ever detective story — A popular lecturer — New York : the rich and the poor — "The raven" and fame — Death of the beloved — The last years — Chronology of Poe's life.
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