Die Maske Des Roten Todes

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

Der amerikanische Schriftsteller und Dichter E. A. Poe (1809-1849) gilt als Erfinder eines neuen Genres der Literatur – das des fantastischen Kriminalromans. In seinen grausamen, tragischen und spannenden Werken spürt man sehr deutlich den Einfluss der englischen und deutschen Romantik, besonders den von G. G. Byron und E. T. A. Hoffmann. Die Eigenart des Stils von E. A. Poe hat keine Nachfolger in seiner Heimat gefunden, sondern im Ausdruck des Schaffens von Charles Baudelaire und hierdurch später im Symbolismus und in der Dekadenzdichtung. Diese Ausgabe enthält 12 phantastische Erzählungen von E. A. Poe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783867415804
Publisher:	Europaischer Hochschulverlag Gmbh & Co. Kg
Publication date:	09/29/2010
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.57(d)
Language:	German

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.