Poems and Essays on the Poet Art

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

This antiquarian volume contains a complete collection of poems and essays on the poetic art by Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Contents include: "Edgar Allen Poe, World-Author, by Charles F. Richardson", "Tamerlane", "Dreams", "Spirits of the Dead", "Evening Star", "A Dream Within a Dream", "In Youth have I Known One with whom the Earth", "A Dream", "The Happiest Day, the Happiest Hour", and more. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing " Poems and Essays on the Poet Art" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443701853
Publisher:	Grierson Press
Publication date:	07/12/2008
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.