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Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.
The melancholy, brilliance, passionate lyricism, and torment of Edgar Allen Poe are all well represented in this collection. Here, in one volume, are his masterpieces of mystery, terror, humor, and adventure, including stories such as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Pit and the Pendulum, and his finest lyric and narrative poetry—The Raven and Annabel Lee, to name just a few—that defined American romanticism and secured Poe as one of the most enduring literary voices of the nineteenth century.
Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.
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Synopsis
Enduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship. A collection of the Gothic master's classic works in prose and verse. Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
Synopsis
Enduring Literature Illuminated By Practical Scholarship
A collection of the Gothic master's classic works in prose and verse.
This Enriched Classic Edition Includes:
- A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information
- A chronology of the author's life and work
- A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
- An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations
- Detailed explanatory notes
- Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
- Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
- A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
About the Author
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer, poet, and critic. Best known for his macabre prose work, including the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” his writing has influenced literature in the United States and around the world.
Table of Contents
Contents
Introduction
Chronology of Edgar Allan Poe's Life and Work
Historical Context of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe
TALES The Tell-Tale Heart
The Cask of Amontillado
The Black Cat
Ligeia
The Masque of the Red Death
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Purloined Letter
The Gold-Bug
Ms. Found in a Bottle
A Descent into the Maelström
The Pit and the Pendulum
William Wilson
POEMS The Raven
Lenore
To Helen
Ulalume
The Bells
Annabel Lee
To -- -- -- --
The Valley of Unrest
The City in the Sea
The Sleeper
A Dream Within a Dream
Dream-Land
Dreams
Silence
Eldorado
Israfel
For Annie
Sonnet -- To Science
A Dream
To -- -- -- --
Romance
Spirits of the Dead
To Helen
Evening Star
Alone
Notes
Interpretive Notes
Critical Excerpts
Questions for Discussion
Suggestions for the Interested Reader