An illustrated wit-and-wisdom-style packaging of quotes and excerpts from the fiction and nonfiction of Edgar Allan Poe, organized by theme and presented in a lighter-than-Poe context.
This book collects several hundred quotes and aphorisms from Poe's poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Quotes are organized in thematic chapter groupings, and each chapter is prefaced with several introductory paragraphs that discuss Poe's preoccupation with their subject matter in a lighter vein.
Chapter subjects include such themes as "Madness," "Dreams," "Revenge," "Mortality," and "Premature Burial." Spot illustrations will be distributed through the text.
Hardcover Book
5 x 7 inches
256 pages