Cambridge Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe

Much remains uncertain about the life of Edgar Allan Poe, the mysterious author of one of the best-known American poems, ''The Raven'', the Gothic romance The Fall of the House of Usher, and the first detective fiction, The Murders in the Rue Morgue. This book provides a balanced overview of Poe''s career and writings, resisting the tendency of many scholars to sensationalise the more enigmatic as...