[Pocket Edition] World Literature Masterpieces Library - Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Author: Edgar Allan Poe
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Edgar Allan Poe was a famous American novelist, poet, and literary critic in the 19th century. He is recognized as one of the first writers to consciously regard the short story as an independent literary genre. He advocated "art for art's sake," promoting aestheticism and mysticism. He is revered as the "father of detective fiction" for works like The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Purloined Letter, and The Gold Bug, and celebrated as the "father of horror fiction" for stories such as The Black Cat, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Masque of the Red Death.