The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 5

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Pollin and Ridgely have included the complete texts of all the reviews and articles Poe wrote for the Messenger (excluding a few texts published elsewhere in the series). Poe's writings are organized in chronological sections corresponding to the actual monthly issue, and each monthly section is further divided into logical subsections. The section for January 1836, for example, comprises an introductory "Headnote," a series of numbered "Texts," and a final subsection of informative "Notes." This method of organization provides a vivid picture of the month-to-month operations of the Messenger, where Poe worked as an editor (or editorial assistant) from 1835 to the beginning of 1837. Since this was Poe's first full-time job in the publishing industry, the book also provides a unique perspective on his origins as a critic and magazinist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781719529297
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/23/2018
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.55(d)

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.