(P/B) SELECTED TALES

Παρουσίαση

As well as being highly enjoyable, Poe's tales are works of very real intellectual exploration. Using the Gothic to question the integrity of human existence, Poe is less interested in moral retribution than in exposing the misconceptions that make things seem 'mysterious' in the first place. Attentive to the historical and political dimensions of these very American tales, this new critical edition selects twenty-four tales and places the most popular-The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Masque of the Red Death', The Murders in the Rue Morgue', and The Purloined Letter'-alongside less well-known travel narratives, metaphysical essays, and political satires. (from the publisher)

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Introduction
Note on the Text
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Edgar Allan Poe
SELECTED TALES
MS. Found in a Bottle
Berenice
Morella
Ligeia
The Man that was Used Up
The Fall of the House of Usher
William Wilson
The Man of the Crowd
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Eleonora
The Masque of the Red Death
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Mystery of Marie Roget
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Gold-Bug
The Black Cat
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
The Purloined Letter
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The Imp of the Perverse
The Cask of Amontillado
The Domain of Arnheim
Hop-Frog
Von Kempelen and his Discovery
Explanatory Notes