Edgar allan poe a life cut short

          Edgar Allan Poe's life (—) was gothic, mysterious, theatrical and fatally flawed — in short, an ideal subject for one of Peter Ackroyd's brilliantly.

        1. Edgar Allan Poe's life (—) was gothic, mysterious, theatrical and fatally flawed — in short, an ideal subject for one of Peter Ackroyd's brilliantly.
        2. This mystery sets the scene for a short life packed with drama and tragedy (drink and poverty) combined with extraordinary brilliance.
        3. Noted author Ackroyd (The Thames) adds to his one-man Brief Lives series this exploration of the short—and predominantly miserable—life of Edgar Allan Poe.
        4. Explores Poe's literary accomplishments and legacy against the background of his erratic, dramatic, and sometimes sordid life.
        5. Poe: A Life Cut Short.

          6. Noted author Ackroyd (The Thames) adds to his one-man Brief Lives series this exploration of the short—and predominantly miserable—life of Edgar Allan Poe.!

          Poe: A Life Cut Short

          by Peter Ackroyd

          (Nan A.

          Talese, 224 pages, $21.95)

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          One year before his death, Edgar Allan Poe published a treatise on the origins and destiny of the universe, which predicted his work would finally be appreciated around A.D.

          4000. Because Poe is not well known for his sense of humor, his remark is often interpreted as a wild misreading of his true cultural contributions. As a cosmologist, Poe was a laughingstock. As a writer of fiction, he not only invented the detective story but also produced a handful of chilling