Nevermore

NevermorebringsoneofAmerica'smostenigmaticwriterstotheattentionofanewgenerationofchildren.Thisintriguingphotobiographyexaminesthelifeandtimesoftheauthorandpoetwhowouldhaveahugeinfluenceonfuturegenerationsofwriters,poets,artists,andevensongwriters.Poepioneeredthepsychologicalhorrorstory,thedetectivestory,andtheemerginggenreofsciencefiction.Throughhisdarktalesandunforgettableverse,aswellashisliterarycriticism,hemademajorcontributionstothedevelopmentofthemodernshortstoryandmodernpoetryinAmerica.ThankstothetranslationsoftheFrenchwriterCharlesBaudelaire,PoealsogainedawideaudiencethroughoutEurope.Hisworkinfluencednotonlywriters,butalsoavant-gardeartists,whosawinhimakindredsoul.KarenLange'sgrippingnarrativecombineswiththebook'svividillustrationsofPoe'svarioushauntstocreateanatmosphericaccountofAmerica'smostfamousRomanticwriter.ThestoryshiftsfromhisbirthinBostontoRichmond,fromHamptonRoadstoPhiladelphia,fromNewYorkCitytohismysteriousdeathinBaltimore.NevermoreisarichappreciationofanAmericanmaster,whosemacabretalesofmysterytookshapeintandemwithhisownstrangeandultimatelytragiclifestory.