Poe
Subtitle: a life cut short
By: Peter Ackroyd.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780385508001
Subjects: Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Explores Poe's literary accomplishments and legacy against the background of his erratic, dramatic, and sometimes sordid life, including his marriage to his thirteen-year-old cousin and his much-written-about problems with gambling and alcohol.
Notes: Includes index.