Edgar Allan Poe
By Brian Morton
2008
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2.33
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192
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Edgar Allen Poe stands at the very beginning of American literature, an orphaned, rootless, haunted man who gave short story writing its modern cast and pioneered detective fiction. Brian Morton puts the Poe legend into context, revealing one of the most influential writers of modern times.
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2.33
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Author
Brian Morton
Author · 1 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Brian Morton (born 1954) is a Scottish writer, journalist and broadcaster, mainly specialising in jazz and modern literature. Morton was educated at Edinburgh University and taught in the late 1970s at the University of East Anglia and the University of Tromsø in Norway.
