Selected Tales
Oxford World's Classics paperback edition (3)
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Author
Contributions
- Van Leer, David, 1949- - Contributor
Publication
1998 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
84,500 words, Guess
Page Count
338 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL692448M
- ISBN-139780192832245
- ISBN-100192832247
- OCLC Control Number1159792495
- OCLC Control Number37560274
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Numberselectedtales0000poee_f2t2
- Library of Congress Control Number97039648
- LibraryThing15559
- Goodreads58881340
Classifications
- DDC813/.3
- LCCPS2612 .A3 1998
Description
MS. Found in a Ik)ttle [Berenice](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645808W) Morella Ligeia The Man that was Used Up [Fall of the House of Usher](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41078W) [William Wilson](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16088822W) The Man of the Crowd The Murders in the Rue Morgue [Eleonora](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14937980W) [Masque of the Red Death](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41050W) [Pit and the Pendulum](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL273550W) The Mystery of Marie Roget [Tell-tale Heart](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41059W) The Gold-Bug [Black Cat](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41068W) A Tale of the Ragged Mountains [Purloined Letter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41065W) The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether [Imp of the Perverse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15481077W) [Cask of Amontillado](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL41016W) [Domain of Arnheim](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15645889W) Hop-Frog [Von Kempelen and His Discovery](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL25111544W)
Description
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Van Leer Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary Gothic tales have established many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of horror and detective fiction. 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. • INTRODUCTION • TEXTUAL NOTE • BIBLIOGRAPHY • CHRONOLOGY • EXPLANATORY NOTES --back cover
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Series Statement
- Oxford World's Classics
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- Selected Tales
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