作者	EdgarAllanPoe
出版社	Pocket
出版时间	2004-12-01

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Borntoanunfortunateheritage,orphaned,unsympatheticallyraised,andthenabandoned,EdgarAllanPoestruggledforgreatnessinanadversesocialandconomicclimate--asettingnotimprovedbyhisfierytemperamentandcausticcriticismofothers.Poe'smelancholybrilliance,hispassionatelyricism,andhistormentedsoulwouldmakehimoneofthemostwidelyreadandoriginalwritersinAmericanliterature.Here,inonevolume,arehisclassicshortworks:masterpiecesofhorror,terror,humor,andadventure--andthefinestlyricandnarrativepoetryofthisill-fatedgeniuswhoseinfluenceonbothproseandversecontinuestothisday.PocketBooks'EnrichedClassicspresentthegreatworksofworldliteratureenhancedforthecontemporaryreader.ThiseditionofGreatTalesAndPoemsOfEdgarAllanPoecontainstheoriginalPocketBooksintroduction,firstpublishedin1951,alongwithanupdatedselectionofcriticalexcerpts,andsuggestionsforfurtherreadings.作者简介EdgarAllanPoe，Borntoanunfortunateheritage,orphanedattheageofthree,unsympatheticallyraisedandthenabandoned,EdgarAllanPoestroveforimmortailityevenashesufferedfromcripplingboutsofdepressionandmalaise,anddiedinmiserablecircumstancesin1849,probablyfromtheeffectsofaheartattack.