The Poe Encyclopedia

by Frederick S. Frank, Anthony Magistrale, Tony Magistrale

Best known as the author of imaginative short fiction, such as The Fall of the House of Usher and The Cask of Amontillado, and as the author of hauntingly sonorous poems such as The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe was a leading practitioner of the American Gothic and helped popularize the short story as a genre. This reference work assembles in dictionary format a complete and current body of information on Poe's life and work. More than 1900 entries...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313277680
• ISBN13: 9780313277689
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"