Edgar Allan Poe's the Tell-tale Heart and Other Stories
Title | Edgar Allan Poe's the Tell-tale Heart and Other Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Bloom |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2014-05-14 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1438119224 |
Presents a collection of critical essays on Poe's novel, The tell-tale heart, arranged chronologically in the order of their original publication.
The Tell-Tale Heart
Title | The Tell-Tale Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | SAMPI Books |
Pages | 22 |
Release | 2024-01-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 656133115X |
In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator tries to prove his sanity after murdering an elderly man because of his "vulture eye". His growing guilt leads him to hear the old man's heart beating under the floorboards, which drives him to confess the crime to the police.
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Title | Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2011-02-16 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307781402 |
A new selection for the NEA’s Big Read program A compact selection of Poe’s greatest stories and poems, chosen by the National Endowment for the Arts for their Big Read program. This selection of eleven stories and seven poems contains such famously chilling masterpieces of the storyteller’s art as “The Tell-tale Heart,” “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “The Cask of Amontillado,” and “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and such unforgettable poems as “The Raven,” “The Bells,” and “Annabel Lee.” Poe is widely credited with pioneering the detective story, represented here by “The Purloined Letter,” “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.” Also included is his essay “The Philosophy of Composition,” in which he lays out his theory of how good writers write, describing how he constructed “The Raven” as an example.
Selected Tales
Title | Selected Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Detective and mystery stories, American |
ISBN | 9785949620298 |
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5
Title | The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5 PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2019-10-26 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781702756655 |
About Author The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing. These works are generally considered part of the Dark romanticism movement, a literary reaction to Transcendentalism. Poe's writing reflects his literary theories: he disagreed with didacticism[3] and allegory. Meaning in literature, he said in his criticism, should be an undercurrent just beneath the surface; works whose meanings are too obvious cease to be art. Poe pursued originality in his works, and disliked proverbs.He often included elements of popular pseudosciences such as phrenology and physiognomy.His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, including its physical signs, the effects of decomposition, concerns of premature burial, the reanimation of the dead, and mourning. Though known as a masterly practitioner of Gothic fiction, Poe did not invent the genre; he was following a long-standing popular tradition.Poe's literary career began in 1827 with the release of 50 copies of Tamerlane and Other Poems credited only to "a Bostonian", a collection of early poems that received virtually no attention. In December 1829, Poe released Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems in Baltimore before delving into short stories for the first time with "Metzengerstein" in 1832.His most successful and most widely read prose during his lifetime was "The Gold-Bug", which earned him a $100 prize, the most money he received for a single work. One of his most important works, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", was published in 1841 and is today considered the first modern detective story.Poe called it a "tale of ratiocination".Poe became a household name with the publication of "The Raven" in 1845, though it was not a financial success. The publishing industry at the time was a difficult career choice and much of Poe's work was written using themes specifically catered for mass market tastes.
The Tell-tale Heart and Other Tales
Title | The Tell-tale Heart and Other Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2015-10-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781517729684 |
This book contains: The tell-tale heart The premature burial Landor's cottage The Imp of the perverse The cask of amontillado The colloquy of Monos and Una The fall of the house of Usher The pit and the pendulum
The Tell-Tale Heart
Title | The Tell-Tale Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | Bantam Classics |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2004-09-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553900722 |
Edgar Allan Poe remains the unsurpassed master of works of mystery and madness in this outstanding collection of Poe's prose and poetry are sixteen of his finest tales, including "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "William Wilson," "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "Eleonora". Here too is a major selection of what Poe characterized as the passion of his life, his poems - "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," Ulalume," "Lenore," "The Bells," and more, plus his glorious prose poem "Silence - A Fable" and only full-length novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.