I RACCONTI Vol. 1-2-3 | I EDIZ. STS 1983 | EDGAR ALLAN POE | G. MANGANELLI

This is a three-volume Italian edition collecting the major short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, translated by Giorgio Manganelli. Divided chronologically (1831-1840; 1841-1843; 1844-1849), it encompasses Poe’s work across the full range of the gothic, mystery, horror, detective, and fantastic. Manganelli’s translation is noted for being passionate rather than strictly scholarly — he embraces the grotesque, the bizarre, and the visionary dimensions of Poe’s writing, seeking to render not only what Poe says but how he feels. The collection includes well-known tales such as The Fall of the House of Usher, William Wilson, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Purloined Letter, among many others. In Italy this edition is a benchmark: it showcases Poe’s stylistic range, his use of atmosphere, horror, psychological depth, and narrative ambiguity, aided by a linguistically rich, sometimes archaic register chosen by Manganelli that intensifies the mood and strangeness of the originals.