The works of an American gothic master collected in one volume Of all the great American writers, Edgar Allan Poe staked out perhaps the most unique and vivid reputation as a master of the macabre. Poe remains the first choice of entertainment for many who want a spine-chilling thrill.

Sources and Acknowledgment3

Introduction

I Poems

   Dreams (1827, 1828)

   Spirits of the Dead (1827, 1839)

   Evening Star (1827)

   A Dream Within a Dream (1827-1849)

    Stanzas: "In Youth Have I Known" (18271

    A Dream (1827)

    "The Happiest Day--The Happiest Hour"

     (1827)

   The Lake---To-- (1827, 1845)

    Sonnet--To Science (1829, 1845)

    To--: "The Bowers Whereat, In Dreams

     I See" (1829, 1845)

    Fairy-Land (1829, 1845)

    Introduction (1829-1831)

    Alone (1829)

    To Helen (1831, 1845)

    Israfel (1831-1845)

    The City in the Sea (1831-1845)

    The Sleeper (1831, 1849)

    The Valley of Unrest (1831-1845)

    Lcnore (1831-1843)

    To One in Paradise (1833-1849)

    The Coliseum (1833, 1850)

    The Haunted Palace (1838-1848)

    Sonnet--Silenee (1839-1845)

    The Conquemx Worm (1842--1849)

   Dream-Land (1844-1849)

   The Raven (1845-1849)

   Ulalume--A Ballad (1847-1849)

   The Bells (1849)

   Eldorado (1849)

   For Annie (1849)

   Annabel Lee (1849)

II TAIES

   Metzengerstein. A Tale in Imitation of the

    German (1832, 1836)

   Loss of Breath. A Tale A La Blackwood

    (1832, 1835)

   MS. Found in a Bottle (1833, 1845)

   The Assignation [The Visionaxy] (1834,

     1845)

   Bereniee (1835, 1845)

   "Some Passages from the Life of a Lion

     [Lionizing] (1832, 1845)

   Shadow--A Parable (1835, 1845)

   Silenee---A Fable (1837, 1845)

   Ligeia (1838, 1845)

   How to Write a Black'wood Article. A Pre-

     dicament (1838, 1845)

   The Fall of the House of Usher (1839,

    1845)

   William Wilson (1839, 1845)

   The Man of the Crowd (1840, 1845)

   The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841,

    1845)

   A Descent Into the Maelstrom (1841,

    1845)

   The Colloquy of Monos and Una (1841,

     1845)

    Never Bet the Devil Your Head. A Tale

     with a Moral (1841, 1845)

   The Oval Portrait (1842, 1845)

   The Masque of the Red Death (1842,

   1845)

   The Pit and the Pendulum (1842, 1845)

   The Tell-Tale Heart (1843, 1845)

   The Black Cat (1843, 1845)

   A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (1844,

     1845)

   The Premature Burial (1844, 1845)

   The Purloined Letter (1844, 1845)

   Some Words with a Mummy (1845)

   The Imp of the Perverse (1845, 1846)

   The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

     (1845)

   The Sphir (1846)

   The Cask of Amontillado (1846)

   Hop-Frog: or, The Eight Chained Ourang-

     Outangs (1849)

III CRITICISM

   Review of "Twice-Told Tales. By Nathanicl

     Hawthorne" (1842)

   The Philosophy of Composition (1846)

   Excerpts from The Poetic Principle (1848--

   1850)

Bibliography

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