Author: Edgar Allan PoePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Lenore
Author: Edgar Allan PoePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Favorite Poems
Author: William CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The Raven's Tale
Author: Cat WintersPublisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683354869
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
A teenage Edgar Allan Poe attempts to escape the allure of his Muse in this YA novel—“a darkly delicious tale that’s sure to haunt readers forevermore” (Kerri Maniscalco, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family—the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at the prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all of Edgar’s plans go awry when a macabre Muse named Lenore appears to him. Muses are frightful creatures that lead Artists down a path of ruin and disgrace, and no respectable person could possibly understand or accept them. But Lenore steps out of the shadows with one request: “Let them see me!”
The Philosophy of Composition
Author: Edgar Allan PoePublisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8728414500
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
This fascinating literary essay, written by the famous American writer and poet, Edgar Allan Poe, explores the mystique of artistic creation. By using his renowned poem ‘The Raven’ as an example, Poe explains how good writers write well, concluding that brevity, ‘unity of effect’ and a logical method are the most important factors. Taking the reader through the deliberate choices made when writing the poem, the author also discusses theme, setting, sound, and the importance of refrain. ‘The Philosophy of Composition’ (1846) is a perfect read for literary scholars, writers, and fans of Poe. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, best known for his gothic, macabre tales that include ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, and ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’. One of America’s first short story writers, Poe is considered the inventor of detective fiction and a key figure in both horror and science fiction. His work had a profound impact on American and international literature and he was one of the first American writers to earn international recognition. His other notable works include ‘The Raven and other Poem’s’, (1845) ‘The Cask of Amontillado’, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’, and ‘The Tell-Take Heart’. With many of his stories adapted for TV and screen, including the gothic 2014 film ‘Stonehearst Asylum’, starring Kate Beckinsale, Michael Caine, and Ben Kingsley, Poe continues to influence literature, film, and television to this day.
Annabel Lee
Author: Edgar Allan PoePublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Psychology in Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Gerardo Del GuercioPublisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
ISBN: 3832549404
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This collection offers six critical essays on the topic of psychology in Edgar Allan Poe. It came together as a response to a visible absence of this subject in recent scholarship. The volume presents Edgar Allan Poe as one of the pioneers in psychology, who often anticipated major theoretical trends and ideas in psychology in his incessant explorations of the relationship between behavior and the psyche. Scrutinizing serial killer narratives, obsessive narratives through Jungian unconscious, Lacanian Das Ding, doppelgängers, intersubjectivity, and the interrelationship between the material world and imaginative faculties, the essays reveal the richness and the complexity of Poe's work and its pertinence to contemporary culture. With contributions by Gerardo Del Guercio, Phillip Grayson, Sean J. Kelly, Rachel McCoppin, Tatiana Prorokova, and Karen J. Renner.
The Poet Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Jerome McGannPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 067474523X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
The poetry of Edgar Allan Poe has had a rough ride in America, as Emerson’s sneering quip about “The Jingle Man” testifies. That these poems have never lacked a popular audience has been a persistent annoyance in academic and literary circles; that they attracted the admiration of innovative poetic masters in Europe and especially France—notably Baudelaire, Mallarmé, and Valéry—has been further cause for embarrassment. Jerome McGann offers a bold reassessment of Poe’s achievement, arguing that he belongs with Whitman and Dickinson as a foundational American poet and cultural presence. Not all American commentators have agreed with Emerson’s dim view of Poe’s verse. For McGann, a notable exception is William Carlos Williams, who said that the American poetic imagination made its first appearance in Poe’s work. The Poet Edgar Allan Poe explains what Williams and European admirers saw in Poe, how they understood his poetics, and why his poetry had such a decisive influence on Modern and Post-Modern art and writing. McGann contends that Poe was the first poet to demonstrate how the creative imagination could escape its inheritance of Romantic attitudes and conventions, and why an escape was desirable. The ethical and political significance of Poe’s work follows from what the poet takes as his great subject: the reader. The Poet Edgar Allan Poe takes its own readers on a spirited tour through a wide range of Poe’s verse as well as the critical and theoretical writings in which he laid out his arresting ideas about poetry and poetics.
A Dream Within a Dream
Author: Edgar Allan PoePublisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726587041
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 6
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An example of Poe’s melancholic and morbid poetic pieces, "A Dream Within a Dream" is a poem that pitifully mourns the passing of time. The poet’s own life, teeming with depression, alcoholism, and misery, cannot but exemplify the subject matter and tone of the poem. The constant dilution of reality and fantasy is detrimental to the poetic speaker’s ability to hold reality in his hands. The quiet contemplation of the speaker is contrasted with thunderous passing of time that waits for no man. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American poet, author, and literary critic. Most famous for his poetry, short stories, and tales of the supernatural, mysterious, and macabre, he is also regarded as the inventor of the detective genre and a contributor to the emergence of science fiction, dark romanticism, and weird fiction. His most famous works include "The Raven" (1945), "The Black Cat" (1943), and "The Gold-Bug" (1843).
The Raven
Author: Edgar Allan PoePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Influenced by the English Romantic poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Lord" George Gordon Byron, and Percy Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe represents one of the essential American Romantic poets of the 19th century. Romanticism here refers to a literary movement in the late 1700s and 1800s that focused on the emotional life of the individual and curiosity about oneself. This move complimented a broader geopolitical and ideological shift in the United States. Just as a young nation made its way to the West, its writers and philosophers explored the unknown territory of the human mind. Some romantic poets, such as the transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson, saw the potential for positive revelations within the self. Reflecting his belief in the inherent goodness of people, Emerson's poetry highlights enchanting elements such as natural features, water, and light. Poe, on the other hand, was interested in probing the darkest depths of the human psyche. It uses gloomy gothic scenes and nightmare sequences to suggest that self-reliance and turning inward does not result in enlightenment, but rather in terror and anxiety. The human mind, Poe argues, does not need help from lurid exteriors: it is fully capable of creating horror from within. This theme of self-generated inner torment plays a prominent role in "The Raven." Poe's works defy categorization. They contain elements of detective fiction, gothic thrillers, Victorian love poetry, and even comedy. He is sometimes credited with being the creator of the modern tale, and his stories, including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are among the best known in the world. literary. His critical views were also influenced, especially the idea that poetry should be musical, that it should focus on beauty over truth, and that it should uplift the soul. Poe especially wished to be known as a poet, although he only wrote about fifty poems in all. His narrative poem "The Raven" is his most popular work, although others such as "Annabel Lee" and "Ulalume" are also widely read. Poe's poetry features rigid rhyming schemes and stanza patterns. Its speakers are always unnamed males; Although it is tempting to read his poems as autobiographical, they are more likely to represent an exercise in subjective exploration of emotion, as did the works of other Romantic poets of his time. Poe speakers often embark on a literal journey or a journey of the mind. Starting from a place of rational credibility, they are gradually superseded and their emotions make them unreliable. "The Raven" fits this mold. The poem became so powerfully associated with Poe that the author himself is sometimes referred to as "the raven."
Of Monsters and Madness
Author: Jessica VerdayPublisher: Egmont USA
ISBN: 1606844644
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A romantic, historical retelling of classic Gothic horror featuring Edgar Allan Poe and his character Annabel Lee, from a New York Times best-selling author. Annabel Lee is summoned from Siam to live with her father in 1820's Philadelphia shortly after her mother's death, but an unconventional upbringing makes her repugnant to her angry, secretive father. Annabel becomes infatuated with her father's assistant Allan, who dabbles in writing when he's not helping with medical advancements. But in darker hours, when she's not to be roaming the house, she encounters the devilish assistant Edgar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Allan, and who others insist doesn't exist. A rash of murders across Philadelphia, coupled with her father's strange behavior, leads Annabel to satisfy her curiosity and uncover a terrible truth: Edgar and Allan are two halves of the same person - and they are about to make the crimes detailed in Allan's stories come to life. Unless Annabel stops them.
