Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Ackroyd, Peter, frey50

Poe : a life cut short / Peter Ackroyd. - 1st ed. - New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2008. - x, 205 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. - Ackroyd's brief lives . - .

Explores Poe's literary accomplishments and legacy against the background of his erratic, dramatic, and sometimes sordid life, including his marriage to his thirteen-year-old cousin and his much-written-about problems with gambling and alcohol.

9780385508001 (alk. paper) 038550800X (alk. paper)

2008018244


Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.


Authors, American--19th century

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