Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Couverture souple

Poe, Edgar Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0460873423 ISBN 13 : 9780460873420

Editeur : W&N, 1993

Synopsis

Locked doors, bricked-up alcoves and premature burial close in on Poe's narrators as they, like their victims, are cut off from light, air and human society. The "disordered chambers" of the author's mind resonate with archetypal, if extreme, psychological states; these 46 tales also present the incurable hoaxer and teller of excessively tall tales, a master of this difficult genre.[...]

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Tales of Mystery and Imagination

The narrative which follows will appear to the reader somewhat in the light of a commentary upon the propositions just advanced.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1919, Tales of Mystery and Imagination matched Edgar Allan Poe's best tales of horror and suspense with the expressive artwork of Harry Clarke. This beautifully designed volume reproduces more than thirty full-color and black-and-white illustrations that give substance to the terrifying imagery of 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Masque of the Red Death', 'The Pit and the Pendulum', and twenty-five other masterpieces of the macabre. As Neil Gaiman writes in his introduction, 'Clarke's art perfectly captures the perversity, madness, and delight in horror that were the hallmarks of Poe's dark genius'.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W&N
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0460873423
• ISBN 13: 9780460873420
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 640