Indice degli argomenti
Un’antica edizione di tutta, o quasi, l’opera di Edgar Allan Poe, risalente al 1938. Il volume si vanta di contenere tutta l’opera di Poe, racconti e poesie.
Sono presenti 73 storie e 52 poesie. Fra i racconti sono stati inclusi i saggi The Poetic Principle, Philosophy of furniture, Maelzel’s chess-player e The Rationale of Verse – ma anche altri che spesso vengono considerati racconti – e il romanzo The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.
Caratteristiche del libro
- The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
- Modern Library
- 1096 pagine
- 1938
Contenuto del libro
- Tales
- The unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall —
- The gold-bug —
- The balloon-hoax —
- Von Kempelen and his discovery —
- Mesmeric revelation —
- The facts in the case of M. Valdemar —
- The thousand-and-second tale of Scheherazade —
- MS. found in a bottle —
- A descent into the maelstro?m —
- The murders in the rue morgue —
- The mystery of Marie Roget —
- The purloined letter —
- The black cat —
- The fall of the house of Usher —
- The pit and the pendulum —
- The premature burial —
- The masque of the red death —
- The cask of Amontillado —
- The imp of the perverse —
- The island of the fay —
- The oval portrait —
- The assignation —
- The tell-tale heart —
- The system of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether —
- The literary life of Thingum Bob, esq. —
- How to write a blackwood article —
- A predicament —
- Mystification —
- X-ing a paragrab —
- Diddling —
- The angel of the odd —
- Mellonta Tauta —
- Loss of breath —
- The man that was used up —
- The business man —
- Maelzel’s chess-player —
- The power of words —
- The colloquy of Monos and Una —
- The conversation of Eiros and Charmion —
- Shadow–a parable —
- Silence–a fable —
- Philosophy of furniture —
- A tale of Jerusalem —
- The sphinx —
- The man of the crowd —
- Never bet the devil your head —
- Thou art the man —
- Hop-frog —
- Four beasts in one; the homo-camelopard —
- Why the little Frenchman wears his hand in a sling —
- Bon-bon —
- Some words with a mummy —
- Review of Stephens’ Arabia Petræa —
- Magazine-writing–Peter Snook —
- The quacks of Helicon–a satire —
- Astoria —
- The domain of Arnheim, or The landscape garden —
- Landor’s cottage —
- William Wilson —
- Berenice —
- Eleonora —
- Ligeia —
- Morella —
- Metzengerstein —
- A tale of the ragged mountains —
- The spectacles —
- The Duc de L’Omelette —
- The oblong box —
- King pest —
- Three Sundays in a week —
- The devil in the belfry —
- Lionizing —
- Narrative of A. Gordon Pym
- Poems
- The raven —
- Lenore —
- Hymn —
- A valentine —
- The coliseum —
- To Helen —
- To —
- Ulalume —
- The bells —
- An enigma —
- Annabel Lee —
- To my mother —
- The haunted palace —
- The conquerer worm —
- To F–S S. O–D —
- To one in paradise —
- The valley of unrest —
- The city in the sea —
- The sleeper —
- Silence —
- A dream within a dream —
- Dream-land —
- To Zante —
- Eulalie —
- Eldorado —
- Israfel —
- For Annie —
- To —
- Bridal ballad —
- To F–
- Scenes from Politian. Poems written in youth. Sonnet–to science —
- Al Aaraaf —
- To the River —
- Tamerlane —
- To —
- A dream —
- Romance —
- Fairy-land —
- The Lake —
- to —
- Song —
- To M. L. S–
- Spirits of the dead —
- To Helen —
- Evening star —
- The happiest day —
- Imitation —
- Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius, translation from the Greek —
- Dreams —
- In youth I have known one —
- A Paean —
- To Isadore —
- Alone.
Ottima edizione….
Grazie per la preziosa segnalazione.