جزییات کتاب
اِدگار آلِن پو (۱۸۰۹-۱۸۴۹ میلادی) نویسنده سبک وحشت و فانتزی و شاعر آمریکایی بود. عمدهٔ شهرت پو به خاطر داستانهای ترسناک با درونمایهٔ گوتیک وی است. او از پیشروان این سبک ادبی در ادبیات مدرن است و بسیاری آثار او شهرت جهانی دارند.
ادگار آلن پو در ۱۹ ژانویه سال ۱۸۰۹ در شهر بوستون آمریکا و در خانواده ای پروتستان و اسکاتلندی زاده شد. پدر و مادرش هنرپیشه سیار بودند. پو، پس از آنکه پدر خانواده خود را ترک کرد و مادر بر اثر بیماری سل درگذشت، از طرف تاجر ثروتمند اسکاتلندی مقیم ریچموند Richemond به نام جان آلن John Allan به فرزندی پذیرفته شد.
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درباره نویسنده
ادگار آلن پو (به انگلیسی: Edgar Allan Poe) (زادهٔ ۱۹ ژانویه ۱۸۰۹ - درگذشتهٔ ۷ اکتبر ۱۸۴۹) نویسنده، شاعر، ویراستار و منتقد ادبی اهل آمریکا بود که از او به عنوان پایهگذاران جنبش رمانتیک آمریکا یاد میشود.