THE PREMATURE BURIAL - BY EDGAR ALLAN POE - DESIGNS BY ARTHUR RANKHAM -A GUNSTON CLASSICThis graphic short - novel by Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of terror visually explores the dizzying highs and horrifying lows of a prisoner of his own fear of being buried alive. This proved to be a common medical error of the times. Poe captures this 19th century public fear as he narrates the horror revealing his obsession with the fantasy of death. but adds a twist at the end.