Edgar Allan Poe

The Premature Burial

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Produktbeschreibung

This book contains Edgar Allan Poe¿s 1844 short story, ¿The Premature Burial¿. The narrator describes his life-long obsession and a resulting disorder that sees him slip in and out of death-like trances. His true fear is being mistaken for dead during a trance and buried without his knowledge¿a situation that he takes numerous precautions against. After finding himself waking in a claustrophobic and confined space, he is able to confront his fears and embrace the inevitable. Edgar Allan Poe (1809¿1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fantasy and Horror Classics
• Seitenzahl: 28
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 51g
• ISBN-13: 9781447465867
• ISBN-10: 1447465865
• Artikelnr.: 39081294

Autorenporträt

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American writer, editor and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.