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EDGAR ALLAN POE
(1809-1849)
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Poe Webliography: Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet
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Born in Boston on January 19 1809,
Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be the father of the detective
story. However only after becoming assistant editor at the Southern
Literary Messenger in Richmond, Virginia, in 1835 did Poe's literary
talents start to blossom. While working in Philadelphia for Burton's
Gentleman's Magazine in 1839, he wrote The Fall of the
House of Usher and in 1841 while working for a man named Graham
he published The Murders in the Rue Morgue featuring Auguste
C. Dupin the first-ever fictional detective. The rise to fame
occurred after the publication of the famous poem The Raven
in 1845. The death on his wife in 1847 caused severe disturbances
in Poe’s mental health and following various misadventures he
died at the age of 40 in Baltimore on October 1849.
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Bibliography
Poe wrote an enormous amount of short stories,
but as far as mysteries are concerned only the following may be placed
in that category: The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841), The
Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1842), The Gold Bug (1843), The
Spectacles (1844), The Oblong Box (1844), The Purloined
Letter (1844), The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether (1844)
and Thou Art The Man (1844). These can be found in many different
editions and forms. Initially The Prose Romances of Edgar A. Poe
(1843) included The Murders in the Rue Morgue; Tales
(1845) included The Fall of the House of Usher, The
Mystery of Marie Roget, The Gold Bug, The Black Cat,
and The Purloined Letter.
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The Complete
Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Includes everything and shows the
brilliance of Poe also in other fields.
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