An irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are reflected

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The Life And Works Of Edgar Allen Poe (Non-Fiction) Metaphysical Fiction An irreverent yet illuminating lookThe Tell Tale Heart strips away the myths that have grown up around the life of Edgar Allen Poe, and provides a completely fresh assessment of both the man and his work. Symons reveals Poe as his contemporaries saw him a man struggling to make a living out of hack journalism and striving to find a backer for his new magazine, and a man whose life was beset by so many tragedies that he was often driven to excessive drinking and a string of unhealthy