Edgar Allan Poe

Metzengerstein Edgar Allan Poe

Publisher Marketing: La historia se centra en el joven Frederick, el ultimo descendiente de la familia Metzengerstein, que carga con una prolongada rivalidad con la familia Berlifitzing. Sospechoso de haber causado un incendio que mato al patriarca de los Berlifitzing, Frederick se obsesiona con un caballo salvaje que no habia notado anteriormente. Metzengerstein es castigado por su crueldad cuando su propio hogar se incendia y el caballo lo lleva hasta las llamas. La historia sigue muchas de las convenciones de la ficcion gotica, pero a veces cae en la satira o en la parodia del genero." Contributor Bio:  Poe, Edgar Allan Author, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction, and contributing to the development of science fiction. However, Poe is best known for his works of the macabre, including such infamous titles as The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Lenore, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe was one of the first writers to make his living exclusively through his writing, working for literary journals and becoming known as a literary critic. His works have been widely adapted in film. Edgar Allan Poe died of a mysterious illness in 1849 at the age of 40.