Edgar Allan Poe by Hanns Heinz Ewers
Read now or download (free!)
Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20589.html.images | 119 kB | ||||
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20589.epub3.images | 411 kB | ||||
EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20589.epub.images | 410 kB | ||||
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20589.epub.noimages | 105 kB | ||||
Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20589.kf8.images | 531 kB | ||||
older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20589.kindle.images | 452 kB | ||||
Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20589.txt.utf-8 | 93 kB | ||||
Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/20589/pg20589-h.zip | 438 kB | ||||
There may be more files related to this item. |
Similar Books
About this eBook
Author | Ewers, Hanns Heinz, 1871-1943 |
---|---|
Title |
Edgar Allan Poe Die Dichtung, Band XLII |
Credits |
Produced by Louise Hope, Tamise Totterdell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
Summary | "Edgar Allan Poe" by Hanns Heinz Ewers is a biography written in the early 20th century that delves into the life and artistic contributions of the esteemed American writer Edgar Allan Poe. This text explores themes surrounding Poe's turbulent life, highlighting both his literary genius and the personal struggles he faced, including addiction and mental health issues. In this biography, Ewers emphasizes the duality of Poe's existence as both a celebrated author and a tortured soul. The narrative tracks Poe's significant life events, from his early years, education, and marriage to Virginia Clemm, to his later career marked by relentless struggles with poverty and drink. Ewers argues that Poe's creativity was inextricably linked to his inner turmoil and the substances he used to cope with his existential dread, suggesting that the pain and chaos of his life deeply informed his rich literary explorations of death, love, and the macabre. Through a critical lens, Ewers not only illuminates Poe's artistic legacy but also challenges the societal judgments surrounding his life choices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
Language | German |
LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
Subject | Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Appreciation |
Subject | Fantasy literature, American -- Appreciation |
Category | Text |
EBook-No. | 20589 |
Release Date | Feb 16, 2007 |
Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
Downloads | 121 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! |