The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 7 - Criticisms

This is the seventh volume of “The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe”, containing a collection of Poe's critical essays. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Contents include: “Robert M. Bird”, “Robert Walsh”, “Magazine-Writing—‘Peter Snook’”, “Astoria”, “Review of Stephen’s ‘Arabia Petraea”, “Old English Poetry”, “George P. Morris”, “Fancy and Imagination”, “Thomas Babington Macaulay”, “Seba Smith”, “The Quacks of Helicon—A Satire”, and others. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.