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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Dawidziak, Mark, 1956- author.     Subjects     Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.     Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Death and burial.     Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dawidziak, Mark, 1956- author.       by title:      A mystery of mysteri...         MARC Display

A mystery of mysteries : the death and life of Edgar Allan Poe / Mark Dawidziak. by Dawidziak, Mark, 1956- author. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023. Subjects Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.   Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Death and burial.   Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography. ISBN:  9781250792495 (hardcover) : 1250792495 (hardcover) Description:  x, 275 pages ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A Mystery of Mysteries is a brilliant biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author's life through the prism of his mysterious death and its many possible causes. It is a moment shrouded in horror and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, at just forty, in a painful, utterly bizarre manner that would not have been out of place in one of his own tales of terror. What was the cause of his untimely death, and what happened to him during the three missing days before he was found, delirious and "in great distress" on the streets of Baltimore, wearing ill-fitting clothes that were not his own? Mystery and horror. Poe, who remains one of the most iconic of American writers, died under haunting circumstances that reflect the two literary genres he took to new heights. Over the years, there has been a staggering amount of speculation about the cause of death, from rabies and syphilis to suicide, alcoholism, and even murder. But many of these theories are formed on the basis of the caricature we have come to associate with Poe: the gloomy-eyed grandfather of Goth, hunched over a writing desk with a raven perched on one shoulder, drunkenly scribbling his chilling masterpieces. By debunking the myths of how he lived, we come closer to understanding the real Poe-and uncovering the truth behind his mysterious death, as a new theory emerges that could prove the cause of Poe's death was haunting him all his life. In a compelling dual-timeline narrative alternating between Poe's increasingly desperate last months and his brief but impactful life, Mark Dawidziak sheds new light on the enigmatic master of macabre"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aiea Public Library Acquisitions --- On Order   in Processing Add Copy to MyList Aina Haina Public Library Adult Nonfiction 818.309 Poe Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 818.309 Poe Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 818.309 Poe Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 818.309 Poe Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 818.309 Poe Da Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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