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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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This single volume brings together all of Poe's stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.
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The mind of a genius.......2007-07-15
Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorite authors of all time. I recall reading the 'Tell Tale Heart' as an 8 year old and getting hooked. I read most any work of his that I could get my hands on, in the process inspiring in me a love of literature and mystery. I loved his works so much, many years later I coupled my biology major with an english minor just so I could have an excuse for reading during the busy college days. This work compiles the literary works of an absolute genius into a beautiful, must have volume. It would be a perfect gift for anyone who enjoys Poe and even for the child who shows growing signs of getting into video gaming...maybe catch the kid before its too late!
For all his issues and demons Poe left us a legacy to remember and embrace... .......2007-06-18
What can I really say here? A book of this magnitude is hard to really review because there is so much to comment on it's almost better to comment on nothing but the emotional pull of the work in general. So, with that thought in mind I'll do that very thing. Edgar Allan Poe is one of the darkest writers known to man, but on the upswing he may very well be one of the most influential and overall the most insightful. Reading any of the selected work in this collection (ranging from masterful short stories to some of the most brilliantly crafted poems written) will open a door to another world, a world that lives in each and every one of us, a dark world that we shun for fear of understanding. Poe brilliantly connects us to that world.
Poe is often referred to for his horror, stories like `The Tell Tale Heart' or `The Black Cat' set a precedent for what we've come to expect from his work, but it's not limited and that's where the pure joy in unexpected gems lies in waiting. Poems like the beautifully written `Annabelle Lee', a tragic story of love and loss, showcase a side to Poe, that while still maintaining a dark edge comes off softer and more heartfelt. It's almost so beautiful its anti-Poe.
Like I've mentioned, there is so much here it's hard to narrow down the must reads. There are just so many here. Every poem and story are classic in their own way and deserve our attention. As some have already commented on, this is not a collection to breeze through or take in all at once. It's too abrasive and may come across drastic and or blunt. It's better to take it piece by piece and really allow the brilliance that was this tortured soul shine through with each passage.
Edgar Allan Poe still today proves to be an inspiration for many recent writers, and his influence can be seen in many of the most praised, hailed and cherished a manuscript, but the truth remains that there is only one Edgar Allan Poe, and while writers of today have their own unique twists and assets, an imitation of the predecessor at times is nothing more than an imitation. Poe was the real thing, a genius of the written word and it's tragic that he left before his time was through, but he stays with us through collections like this that capitalize on everything that was great and awe-inspiring about a man who lived darker than the rest of us, not because he was that much more removed from the rest of us but because he knew how to embrace the very darkness that lies in us all.
The Poe, the whole Poe and nothing but the Poe.......2007-06-17
This refers to the Doubleday reissue.
As titled, this tome contains all of the stories, not just the short stories or a meager selection thereof, but ALL of the stories, including the long Pym and manuscript found in a bottle. This book also holds the poems, complete. It does not contain his literary and personal criticism, such as one dedicated to the Rev. George Bush, and it thankfully does not contain analysis of his work, and especially not by the dismal Harold Bloom. There is much good critical study of Mr. Poe, our source of American literature, postmodern literature, Conan Doyle and Lovecroft etc., etc., but that may be acquired separately. Here we gratefully receive his complete works at a great price.
In fact I purchased this copy lacking the will to dig mine out and eager to read once more The Man of the Crowd, a very modern writing devoid of plot, etc., and rather a James Joyce Ulysses in miniature as an urban epic journey within one day's span. Incredibly and stunningly well written.
Poe clearly was not the mad drunk we are taught he was, but a great artist, though starving, and the father of modern literature. He reads as invigoratingly and refreshingly and as excitingly both stylisticly and to content as ever. Do yourself a great favor this summer, and your family, and turn off the technology and read this with them, piece by piece. DO not forget to read the voyage in the balloon, not the hoax but the other whose title now escapes me, a vision of the future which reads as well now as ever. Do not go to the usual creaky Poe stories, as good as they are, such as House of Usher and Telltale Heart and Gold Bug, but dare to explore the entire opus of Poe, here generously and comprehensively provided. Let Mr. Poe, the master, teach you to write. Try it and you will find the genius and the fountainhead and the artist that he truly is.
Read this to your family with the lights down and the television off. The family who reads this together stays together, as the young ones will remain close to you and begging for more.
best collection.......2007-05-17
Bought this for my daughter, she loves it. It has most all his poetry and short stories, great collection. Nicely bound, pages printed clearly.
The William Shakespeare of horror.......2007-04-30
It's a finding of modern psychology that depressed people are most in touch with reality.
Perhaps this finding is what is meant when they say that great suffering produces great art.
Or rather perhaps: Great suffering can produce great art in the hands of the right genuis.
Treated with disdain by his adopted father, unable to properly care for his sick wife and dead by two score years in the bottle, Edgar Allen Poe experienced great suffering. He was also the right genuis.
His short, pithy poems and stories cull the raw material of your deepest fears to give them life.
It is interesting that outside of his work as a writer and putative editor, Poe was also an early skeptic and debunker. He correctly understood that the reason the night sky was not awash in light was because insufficient time had passed for the distant stars light to reach us. He also single handedly debunked a fake chess automaton by showing that it was in fact run by a person concealed in a hidden box.
His writing aside, perhaps the ulitimate unsettling thing about Poe is that -- given his prescient understanding of humanity and the world in which it lived -- that he chose and ultimately died from substance abuse in a vain effort to shield himself from that understanding.
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All of the tales by the master of the detective and the macabre story. 53 of his best-known poems plus essays and criticisms.
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Great Purchase.......2007-09-19
Another book that arrived quickly and in the condition described. Would use this service again.
Poe-try.......2007-03-06
I've always had a liking for Edgar Allan Poe, with his tales of horror, mystery and suspense, done in the atmospheric prose of a master writer. Since I live close enough, I've even made some trips to his gravesite, a place that is always surrounded by a sense of sadness.
Poe was a tormented genius who died young, under mysterious circumstances, and at the time of his death he wasn't deservingly popular. Certainly his work was not cute romances for the masses -- he explored the darkness of the human heart, love, satire, and the earliest whodunnit stories. And "Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" brings together all of his poetry and writings in one book.
Poe's fiction writings include short stories and novellas, which tend to be rather weird -- a treasure-hunt and a golden insect, a ship caught in a whirlpool, a hypnotized man talks about the universe, and stories of despair, madness, and occasionally beauty. There is also his trilogy of Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin stories, which were the first to feature a brilliant detective solving an impossible crime.
Most people know about "The Raven" (which even has the Baltimore Ravens named after it) but Poe actually wrote a lot of poetry, most of which readers never heard of. Sometimes dark, or whimsical, or even both. "By a route obscure and lonely/Haunted by ill angels only/Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT/On a black throne reigns upright..."
And, of course, the horror. This is what Poe is best known for, including such well-known stories as "The Fall Of The House Of Usher." But there are also lesser-known gems -- tales of a plague invading a party, being buried alive, a portrait that siphoned the life out of its subject, and a nightly visit to an Italian crypt leading to madness.
Don't read "Complete Stories and Poems" all at once. It's too intense. It's better to soak it in a little at a time, so that you can get a better feel for the different kinds of writing that Poe did, and how he excelled at pretty much everything he put down on paper. Most great writers can't boast of that much.
Poe's writing is what makes even his least story or poem come alive -- he brought a gothic, misty vibrancy to his stories, and could make his quiet dialogue seem utterly chilling (" "I have no name in the regions which I inhabit. I was mortal, but am fiend..."). It's not hard to see why he was an influence on authors such as Fyodor Dostoevsky, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle and Franz Kafka.
"Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe" is a must-have for anyone with an appreciation for great literature and beautiful, dark writing. wn reviews, so the voting buttons appear only when you look at reviews submitted by others. ***
Bobby birthday.......2007-01-19
My son loves Edgar Allen Poe so this was like a penny from heaven. He constantly has his nose in this book and I think that I have actually hit the nail on the head with this purchase. Thank you.
A Masterpeice.......2007-01-19
We all know the brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe. A dark genius- no surprise. The thing that might get those not familiar with his work is the short stories- they are absolutely top notch! There is not a page in this book I dislike.
From what I've seen this is the most reliable compilation available. If you are looking for a big book to tote around to various cafe's (as I enjoy doing), this is a good choice. :P
Great Reading...I had forgotten..........2006-03-22
I am so happy to finally get my own copy of these tales!
I love the stories of Edgar Allen Poe!
Only problem with this book, which is very minor, the print is too small.
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The Complete Illustrated Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
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A Terrible, Terrible Book.......2007-06-24
SEASON OF THE MACHETE is James Patterson's second novel, originally written in the mid 1970s. This book was re-issued in the 1990s to capitalize on the success of the Alex Cross series. Although I'm a fan of Patterson's later work, I found this particular novel to be remarkably bad.
There are so many things wrong with this novel it's hard to list them all. The characterization in SEASON OF THE MACHETE is thin to non-existent. The premise of the novel is absurd, and the rambling, incoherent plotline made for a confusing read. Ever read a book and have no idea what's going on most of the time? Or much less care? This is that kind of novel.
In short, SEASON OF MACHETE is one the most painful reading experiences I've had in a long time. Unless you're a Patterson completist, my advice is to avoid this novel at all costs.
I FEAR THAT THIS ONE JUST DID NOT DO IT FOR ME........2007-04-13
I write very, very few reviews in which I trash a book or an author. I am giving this one two stars simply because the author is James Patterson, and I do admire much of his work. This book though, my goodness, I could not even finish it! That is a very rare event in my life. The story was forced, disorganized and simply not good. The characters had no character and were very poorly developed. The story is simply about a couple killing people, innocent people. Might as well watch the evening news. I do not recommend this one, although I do still recommend the larger body of this author's work. Sorry James, this is the best I could do with this one.
I, too, listened to Season of the Machete.......2007-01-09
I bought this book to listen to on a long driving trip. Expecting the usual entertaining quality of Mr. Patterson's work, I was disappointed. The story and characters were not well developed, but I continued to listen. As the end I was puzzled by this book and finally thought to look at the copyright date - 1977! I've concluded it was written early in Mr. Patterson's career and that's the explanation I choose to accept for my disappointment! This will not prevent my buying his more recent books.
Terrible!!.......2006-12-19
This book is just so disjointed and poorly written, it is very difficult to follow what's going on, let alone be interested in it at all. I bailed after just 25 pages. The only cool aspect of this book is that it has a character with my name, but once he is killed off by page 25, that's when I figured it was a sign that would be a good place to stop reading.
Readers familiar with his post Along the Spider novels won't even believe this is written by the same James Patterson. It's obvious that this book was only re-released to steal money from those who started reading Patterson for the Cross series, and I feel like a sucker for buying this book.
In musical terms, I analogize this with Ministry's With Sympathy.
SEASON OF THE MACHETE.......2006-02-19
THE BOOK WAS A TYPICAL PATTERSON THRILLER. KEEPS YOU INTERESTED AND YOUR HEART POUNDING. AFTER A FEW OF HIS BOOKS YOU START LOOKING FOR THE ANTI-TYPICAL VILLIAN IN THE FIRST CHAPTER.
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In April-May 1994, 800,000 Rwandan Tutsis were massacred by their Hutu fellow citizens--about 10,000 a day, mostly being hacked to death by machete. In Machete Season, the veteran foreign correspondent Jean Hatzfeld reports on the results of his interviews with nine of the Hutu killers. They were all friends who came from a single region where they helped to kill 50,000 out of their 59,000 Tutsi neighbors, and all of them are now in prison, some awaiting execution. It is usually presumed that killers will not tell the truth about their brutal actions, but Hatzfeld elicited extraordinary testimony from these men about the genocide they had perpetrated. He rightly sees that their account raises as many questions as it answers.
Adabert, Alphonse, Ignace, and the others (most of them farmers) told Hatzfeld how the work was given to them, what they thought about it, how they did it, and what their responses were to the bloodbath. "Killing is easier than farming," one says. "I got into it, no problem," says another. Each describes what it was like the first time he killed someone, what he felt like when he killed a mother and child, how he reacted when he killed a cordial acquaintance, how 'cutting' a person with a machete differed from 'cutting' a calf or a sugarcane. And they had plenty of time to tell Hatzfeld, too, about whether and why they had reconsidered their motives, their moral responsibility, their guilt, remorse, or indifference to the crimes.
Hatzfeld's meditation on the banal, horrific testimony of the genocidaires and what it means is lucid, humane, and wise: he relates the Rwanda horror to war crimes and to other genocidal episodes in human history. Especially since the Holocaust, it has been conventional to presume that only depraved and monstrous evil incarnate could perpetrate such crimes, but it may be, he suggests, that such actions are within the realm of ordinary human conduct. To read this disturbing, enlightening and very brave book is to consider in a new light the foundation of human morality and ethics.
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Disturbing.......2007-08-22
a startleing look into the minds of the people who commited this horrible tragedy. i found myself sickened in some parts but still intrigued. wanting to read more to possibly gain insight as to why this happend. this book is very easy to follow and well put together. although i never really got an answer because the people interviewed seemed to be questioning their actions just as much as i did. great book.
Well done.......2007-06-18
This book is interesting in that it takes you into the world of those who killed during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. I've often wondered how a group of people can be handed a machete and sent out to kill. What was the motivation? How did it all start? What do we, as a society, need to be aware of so this sort of thing will not happen again? This book will help to answer those questions.
An enormously important book.......2007-05-27
Machete Season recounts the story of 10 men that were responsible for horrific murders and atrocities in Rwanda. Acts that are difficult to fathom for most of us. Mr. Hatzfeld's writing is wonderful and his interviews with the killers help shed light into the horrific mindset of these men. This is a very important book to read since it makes clear the peril of group thinking and how easily the corruption of the human being can descend lower than that of the worst beasts. To dismiss these actions as pure evil is both simplistic and terribly dangerous. There are great lessons to be learned by the atrocities that were committed in Rwanda. We ought to feel a certain amount of shame for not getting involved, as a country, sooner, and we should seriously consider the utter ineffectiveness of the United Nations in conflict resolution.
Matter of horrible fact........2007-03-13
An excellent exposure of some of the killers and motivations behind the day to day genocide in Rwanda.
It gave me even more insight into the horrors of the time. I have not read the account of the survivors by the same author, but this is a good place to start. Regular citizens from the Collines tell us what we don't want to hear, confirming the complicity of the holy and the high and the fleeting satisfaction of covetousness and acquisition- All accompanied by the regular, relentless and heartless swinging of the machetes.
You feel helpless, like those unfortunates hiding in the marshes.
A great educational read........2007-03-09
This book offers insight into the minds of the killers at the time of the genocide. Make no bones about it, they actively and willingly participated in the day to day activity of killing innocent families.
It is probably better to do some research on the topic before reading this book, to get the most out of it. The book is well written and candid, my only criticism is it becomes a little repetitive at times.
However getting convicted killers to talk for a book is a great coup, as most in Western Worlds are reticent to do so, or are not honest.
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Machete Season
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