Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction, and as the inventor of the modern mystery, Poe created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. Attentive to the historical and political dimensions of these very American tales, this new selection of twenty-four tales 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.
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About the Author:
David Van Leer is Professor of English and American Literature at the University of California, Davis.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0192832247
- ISBN 13 9780192832245
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages368
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