Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

As well as the complete text in a clear modern typeface, each elegant volume includes engaging introductions by some of the world's most famous literary scholars, together with a full colour section introducing the author's characters, locations and times. The binding is luxury black imitation leath [...]
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As well as the complete text in a clear modern typeface, each elegant volume includes engaging introductions by some of the world's most famous literary scholars, together with a full colour section introducing the author's characters, locations and times. The binding is luxury black imitation leather with rounded corners, elastic closure/bookmark, and a coloured disposable bellyband. This work includes an introduction by Kevin J Hayes, together with an essay on "Poe and the Gothic" by Benjamin F Fisher who is Professor of English in the University of Mississippi and is an internationally recognised specialist in American and Victorian Literature. There is a short essay entitled the "Mystery of Poe's Final Days".