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. Despite the immense quantity of Poe criticism, the sheer duversity of critical opinion, like the author’s own writing, warrants a comprehensive analysis of the oeuvre. The main concern of Prof. D. Ramakrishna’s latest book, The Craft of Poe’s Tales, has been a systematic application of Poe’s fictional theory to his practice. Surely, the best way to judge a writer is to interpret him in the light of his own artistic goals. Sometimes one might notice considerable divergence between a writer’s intentions and his actual achievement; he might fall short of his ideals or achieve results not immediately anticipated by his theory.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR D Ramakrishna
D. Ramakrishna is Professor of English, at Kakatiya University, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh. He was at the Universtiy of Texas at Austin and the City University of New York in 1992 on Senior Fulbright Post-Doctoral Felowship, doing advanced research on the subject of his Ph.D., Edgar Allan Poe's fiction. He published The Craft of Peo's Tales, Perspectives on Peo, and Explorations in Poe. Two of the anthologies editied by him, The american Classics Revisited: Recent Studies of american Literature and Indian English Prose: An Anthology were prescribed for M.A. at several Indian Universities. He contributed a chapters "Poe of India" to the book Poe Abroad edited by Lois D. Vines and published by the University of lowa Press in the U.S. Also he published theirty-four papers in the Indian and American journals including SPAN, The Emerson Soceity Quarterly, and The Explicator. Professor Ramakrishna is currently working on a critical book, Gothic Resonances: Poe in Modern and Postmodern american Fiction; a collection of short stories, the Millennial Vision and Stories; and a novel, The Confluence.
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