The Craft of Poe’s Tales

The work of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the seminal minds of the nineteenth century America, continues to be relevant to the theory and practice of fiction across the continents. The main concern of Prof. D. Ramarishna’s latest book, The Craft of Poe’s Tales has been a systematic application of Poe’s fictional theory to his practice. Sometimes one might notice considerable divergence between a writer’s intentions and his actual achievement; he might fall short of his ideals or achiever results not immediately anticipated by his theory.