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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() It took me over a year to complete, but I read every work in this book eventually. Everyone who likes Poe has their favorites, so it may be cheaper and more convenient to purchase a not-so-complete book for those who aren't die-hard Poe fans. Even I will probably never read the essays again, though I've read "Mask of the Red Death", "The Black Cat", and many others over and over again. There are plenty of Poe compilations out there, however, so if you're just looking for a basic collection, and want to skip some of his drier works like his essays, that may be a better way to go. Okay, I have to start off by admitting I'm a little tone-deaf when it comes to poetry. (I wonder if there are courses on poetry appreciation?) I wasn't wholly unmoved by Poe's poetry, but if you weren't already aware that "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" are brilliant and melancholy poems, well, you probably shouldn't be considering The Unabridged Edgar Allen Poe. So, I'm going to admit I really can't judge most of poetry, which is a shame because I know Poe's poetic works are pretty important, influencing at least two schools of French poetics, yada yada. Still, that leaves quite a bit of prose works I'll gladly comment on. There are a couple of strong impressions I took away from this collection. The first is that he's quite a bit more interesting than he gets credit for. Poe has to a large extent become synonymous with his darkest, most eerie tales, which helped inspire so many later gothic, weird, and horror works. And there's the detective stories of August Dupin, which led to Sherlock Holmes and pretty much the whole field of detective fiction? But I never realized Poe could be so funny. Not surprisingly, that sense of humor can be really dark, as with the story "Never Bet the Devil your Head" (the title says it all) or "Loss of Breath," which is downright Kafkaesque in its twistedness. Poe was also fascinated with the science and exploration of his era, which shows up in many of the stories and essays in this collection. The other impression made on me is that as far as 19th Century prose stylists go, I wouldn't place Poe near the top. Sure, most 19th Century writers tended to go towards the convoluted and needlessly flowery, but compared with, say Nathaniel Hawthorne, who can make the description of a garden a real pleasure to read, Poe's style can be a bit flat at times. He makes up for it with a brilliant imagination, and when he's writing macabre or funny or detailing a mystery, you don't really notice the style as much. Whatever Poe's failings as a prose stylist, I still enjoyed this collection very much. It was especially fascinating to see the role Poe played in creating new genres, and it was a wonderful revalation to learn he could be so funny. So I do highly recommend the collection. And if you have and ear/eye for poetry, even better. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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![]() GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.3Literature English (North America) American fiction Middle 19th Century 1830-1861Classificazione LCVotoMedia:![]()
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