Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe's ‘Complete Poetical Works' is an elegant edition boasting the entire Poe catalog. It features works from the famous gothic American writer. His works span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849.
This treasure book collects all of Poe's poetry in a single volume, some of the most evocative poetry in the English language.
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The importance of Edgar Allan Poe to literary history can hardly be exaggerated; his genius and originality, both in terms of language and technique, influenced the French Symbolists of the late 19th century and thus changed the course of modern literature. Although chiefly remembered for his short stories, poetry was his first love, and this magnificently decorated edition presents Poe's complete poems in addition to his most important critical essays...
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This volume contains Edgar Allen Poe's non-fiction work, "Eureka: A Prose Poem". Often published with the subtitle "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe", it is a monograph on Poe's personal ideas about the universe and God, whom he frequently describes as an author. His last major work and largest non-fiction piece, "Eureka: A Prose Poem" comprises nearly 40,000 words. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the...
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5 by Edgar Allan Poe
Includes Philosophy of Furniture, A Tale of Jerusalem, the Sphinx, Hop Frog, the Man of the Crowd, Never Bet the Devil Your Head, Thou Art the Man, Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling, and many other tales and poems.
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1. Contributions by James Russell Lowell and Nathaniel Parker Willis
libreka classics — These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience.
Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
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Features 41 of Poe's most memorable poems - among them "The Bells," "Ulalume," "Israfel," "To Helen," "The Conqueror Worm," "Eldorado" and "Annabel Lee" - reveal the extraordinary spectrum of Poe's personality and his virtuoso command of poetic language, rhythms and figures of speech. Alphabetic lists of titles and first lines.
7) Poèmes
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Découvrez l'univers sombre et envoûtant d'Edgar Allan Poe à travers son recueil de poèmes captivant. Plongez dans les profondeurs de l'âme humaine, explorant les thèmes de l'amour, de la mort, de la folie et du mystère. Les poèmes d'Edgar Allan Poe sont empreints d'une atmosphère gothique et macabre, transportant le lecteur dans des paysages poétiques hantés par des images saisissantes. Son écriture précise et évocatrice crée une tension...
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The Philosophy of Composition (1846) is an essay by Edgar Allan Poe. Recognized as a foundational figure of nineteenth century fiction, Poe has inspired generations of readers and writers with his craftsmanship and taste for tragedy and terror. His brief but meteoric career shaped the trajectory of American literature forever, forming a legacy without which science fiction, horror, and detective writing would surely be shells of themselves. Published...
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"With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion."–Edgar Allan Poe. Containing such famous works as "The Raven", "Lenore", "Annabel Lee", and "To Helen", this complete collection of poetry by Edgar Allan Poe encapsulates the career of one of the best-known and most read American writers. Laden with tones of loneliness, melancholy and despair, the poetry contained in this volume exerted great influence on the American Romantic and the French...
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Resonant with themes of love, loneliness, and death, the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe continues to appeal to modern readers more than 150 years later. Spanning the breadth of Poe's career, this collection of poetry follows the master from his early works through to poetical achievements such as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee." One of the best-known American writers, Edgar Allan Poe's poetry influenced the American Romantic and French Symbolist movements...
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The father of the detective novel and an innovator in American Gothic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) made his living as America's first great literary critic. Today he is best remembered for his short stories and poems, haunting works of horror and mystery that remain popular around the world. This anthology presents Poe's finest works in a rich selection of poetry and prose that features his only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon...
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The Ultimate Edgar Allan Poe: Short Stories, Poems and Essays is a celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's extraordinary literary legacy. Spanning poems from his earliest days to his macabre and mysterious short stories to scholarly essays on such diverse topics as the English language and furniture, this ultimate collection includes works like "The Raven, "Annabel Lee," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Philosophy of Composition,"...
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La filosofía de la decoración, es un artículo poco conocido de Edgar Allan Poe, originalmente escrito para ser publicado en una revista. Sin embargo, fue leído atentamente y recuperado por autores tan relevantes como Charles Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin, Mario Praz , e incluso, Roberto Bolaño.
La habitación ideal, de Pablo Chiuminatto y Begoña Alberdi, recupera los escritos de estos intelectuales, a través de un acucioso recorrido por el texto...
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This essential anthology of Poe's critical works features items from the Southern Literary Messenger, Graham's Magazine, and other periodicals, reviewing works by Dickens, Hawthorne, Cooper, and many others. The Theory of Poetry - consisting of "The Philosophy of Composition," "The Rationale of Verse," and "The Poetic Principle" - appears as well. Introduction.
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A mysterious talking raven pays a visit to a man who is distraught from the loss of his lover. The man, aching over the death of his dear Lenore, is upset and distressed by the bird who repeats one word;
Nevermore.
Steeped in stylized, but dark prose and written in an almost musical style Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is a bleak, mesmerizing journey through one man's depression and madness. Illustrated by Gustave Doré, the master woodcut artist gives...
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"The Cask of Amontillado" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him
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Jeffrey Combs gives an electrifying performance in "Nevermore, An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe". Recorded before a live audience in Boston, Poe, with all of his passions, foibles, aspirations, and demons, comes vividly to life in this bravura, one-person play. Playwright Dennis Paoli expertly weaves Poe's actual words, from letters and essays, with select poems and tales, and let's Poe tell his own story. With Combs' full-blooded performance, Poe...