This biography of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), a giant of American literature who invented both the horror and detective genres, is a portrait of extremes: a disinherited heir, a brilliant but exploited author and editor, a man who veered radically from temperance to rampant debauchery, and an agnostic who sought a return to religion at the end of his life. Acclaimed biographer Jeffrey Meyers explores the writer's turbulent life and career, including his marriage and multiple, simultaneous romances, his literary feuds, and his death at an early age under bizarre and troubling circumstances.
- ISBN10 0815410387
- ISBN13 9780815410386
- Publish Date 5 September 2000 (first published 2 September 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 376
- Language English