Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by jorstruly
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
4.0
-1 Star: Dated language
His tales will keep you up at night. His poems will break your heart. A body of work that continues to inspire modern adaptions and reimaginings. Stephen King quotes Poe in The Shining, with good reason. His level of influence is staggering, his talent and intellect, even more so. Some of the introspection or exposition might feel wordy at times. I'll admit some of it is difficult to absorb due to the periods semantics. Some of it verges on perverse and outright cruel, but Poe took risks no one else had yet. Poe taught American writers to walk so the horror genre could run, across all mediums.
His tales will keep you up at night. His poems will break your heart. A body of work that continues to inspire modern adaptions and reimaginings. Stephen King quotes Poe in The Shining, with good reason. His level of influence is staggering, his talent and intellect, even more so. Some of the introspection or exposition might feel wordy at times. I'll admit some of it is difficult to absorb due to the periods semantics. Some of it verges on perverse and outright cruel, but Poe took risks no one else had yet. Poe taught American writers to walk so the horror genre could run, across all mediums.