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The Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe Book: The life, times, and work of a tormented genius

By Shelley Costa Bloomfield
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By Shelley Costa Bloomfield
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The genius and orphan son of itinerant actors, Poe led a tragic life and suffered greatly—as much at his own hands as those of Fate. Yet tragedy never stopped him from writing: poems, short stories, literary journalism, and even creating a new genre, the detective story—a contribution so great that the most prestigious writing award for crime fiction, given annually by the Mystery Writers of America, bears his name.

The Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe is a fascinating guide to the tormen...

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Literary CriticismLiterary BiographyAmerican LiteratureAmerican Literary BiographyGeneral & Miscellaneous American Literature - Literary Criticism19th Century American Authors - Literary BiographyAmerican Literature * Literary CriticismPoe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)->BiographyAuthors, American->19th century->Biography