{"product_id":"the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-and-other-writings-by-edgar-allan-poe","title":"The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEDGAR ALLAN POE\u003cbr\u003eTHE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER\u003cbr\u003eAND OTHER WRITINGS EDITED BY DAVID GALLOWAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAnd much of Madness and more of Sin\u003cbr\u003eAnd Horror the Soul of the Plot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe lines from 'Ligeia' epitomise the familiar \u003cbr\u003ePoe, the arch-priest of Gothic horror, author of \u003cbr\u003e'The Masque of the Red Death' and 'The Pit and \u003cbr\u003ethe Pendulum'. That Poe, unquestioned master \u003cbr\u003eof 'the Grotesque and Arabesque', is fully represented here, but the volume also includes\u003cbr\u003egenerous selections from his poetry and critical \u003cbr\u003ewritings. Together they amount to a portrait of \u003cbr\u003ea complex personality, that of a conscious \u003cbr\u003eaesthete, the most exotic of American writers, \u003cbr\u003ewho was at the same time keenly engaged in an astonishing variety of interests. Nor are the\u003cbr\u003e'Grotesque' tales the simple manipulations of \u003cbr\u003eterror that they seem; David Galloway's \u003cbr\u003eintroduction reveals their author as a profoundly serious writer, whose investigations\u003cbr\u003eof extreme states of consciousness have a \u003cbr\u003eparticular relevance for our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published under the title \u003cem\u003eSelected Writings\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eGenres:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eClassics - Horror - Short Stories - Essays - Poems - Gothic - Mystery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\" class=\"emoji\"\u003eGood*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003eFirst published 1967. This edition published 1987 by Penguin Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e520\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"emoji\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e0140432914\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\u003e 255g\u003cbr\u003e*Some age spots to pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Poe, Edgar Allan","offers":[{"title":"Pocket-Sized Paperback (18 x 11 cm)","offer_id":41722021642326,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/2350\/4982\/files\/20240903_155216.jpg?v=1725356610","url":"https:\/\/www.secondhandpages.com.au\/products\/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-and-other-writings-by-edgar-allan-poe","provider":"Secondhand Pages ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}