Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe

The Collection of Mystery Classics. Since their first publication in the 1830s and 1840s, Edgar Allan Poes extraordinary Gothic tales have established themselves as classics of horror fiction and have also created many of the conventions which still dominate the genre of detective fiction. As well as being highly enjoyable, Poes tales are works of very real intellectual exploration. Attentive to the historical and political dimensions of these very American tales..