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Edgar Allan Poe: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)
Edgar Allan Poe Comprehensive Research and Study Guide - Bloom's Major Short Story Writers Calling Poe the most popular of all American authors aside from Hemmingway, Harold Bloom discusses the authors short stories. Reviewed works include Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Pit and the Pendulum." This title also features a biography of Edgar Allen Poe, a user guide... more », a detailed thematic analysis of each short story, a list of characters in each story, a complete bibliography of Poes works, an index of themes and ideas, and editors notes and introduction by Harold Bloom. This series, Blooms Major Short Story Writers, is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. The worlds most prominent writers of short stories are covered in one series with expert analysis by Bloom and other critics. These titles contain a wealth of information on the writers and short stories that are most commonly read in high schools, colleges, and universities.« less