Edgar Allan Poe

Poemas Y Cuentos, Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher Marketing: Edgar Allan Poe nacio en Boston, Massachusetts, el 19 de enero de 1809, durante una permanencia temporal de sus padres, que eran actores, en la ciudad; murio en Baltimore, Maryland, el 7 de octubre de 1869. A la muerte de su madre fue adoptado por John Allan, de Richmond, Virginia, quien le hizo educar en un colegio particular de Richmond y en la Manor House School, Stoke-Newington, Inglaterra, hasta 1820, epoca en que regreso a Richmond. Este libro contiene poemas y cuentos de Edgar Allan Poe. Traductores: Carmen Torres Calderon de Pinillos Alberto Lasplaces Carlos Arturo Torres J. Perel Bonaldo Prologo: Ruben Dario Contributor Bio:  Poe, Edgar Allan Author, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction, and contributing to the development of science fiction. However, Poe is best known for his works of the macabre, including such infamous titles as "The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "Lenore," and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe was one of the first writers to make his living exclusively through his writing, working for literary journals and becoming known as a literary critic. His works have been widely adapted in film. Edgar Allan Poe died of a mysterious illness in 1849 at the age of 40.