The complete poetry of Edgar Allan Poe / with an introduction by Jay Parini and a new afterword by April Bernard.

Author/creator Poe, Edgar Allan author.
Other author Parini, Jay, author of introduction.
Other author Bernard, April, author of afterword.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Signet Classics, [2008]
Copyright Date©2008
Description139 pages ; 18 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Uniform titlePoems
SeriesSignet Classic
Contents Tamerlane (1827) -- Song (1827) -- Dreams (1827) -- Spirits of the dead (1827) -- Evening star (1827) -- Dream within a dream (1827) -- Stanzas (1827) -- Dream (1827) -- Happiest day, the happiest hour (1827) -- Lake: to____(1827) -- Sonnet--to science (1829) -- Al Aaraaf (1829) -- Romance (1829) -- To____(1829) -- To the river____(1829) -- To____(1829) -- Fairy-land (1829) -- Alone (date uncertain) -- To Helen (1831) -- Israfel (1831) -- City in the sea (1831) -- Sleeper (1831) -- Lenore (1831) -- Valley of unrest (1831) -- Coliseum (1833) -- To one in paradise (1834) -- Hymn (1835) -- To F____ (1835) -- To F____s S. O____d (1835) -- Bridal ballad (1837) -- Sonnet--to Zante (1837) -- Haunted palace (1839) -- Sonnet-silence (1840) -- Conqueror worm (1843) -- Dream-land (1844) -- Raven (1845) -- Eulalie-a song (1845) -- Valentine (1846) -- To M.L.S.____ (1847) -- Ulalume--a ballad (1847) -- Enigma (1848) -- To ____ ____ ____ (1848) -- To Helen (1848) -- Eldorado (1849) -- For Annie (1849) -- To my mother (1849) -- Annabel Lee (1849) -- Bells (1849).
Abstract Perhaps best known today for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe first found national fame for his poetry. This edition of his complete poetry illustrates the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty he created in his verse. From his exquisite lyric "To Helen" to his immortal masterpieces "Annabel Lee" and "The Bells," Poe stands beside the celebrated English Romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats, and his haunting, sensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the Victorian giants Swinburne, Tennyson, and Rossetti. Today his dark side speaks eloquently to contemporary readers in poems such as "The Raven," "The Haunted Palace," and "The Conqueror Worm," with their powerful images of madness and the macabre. But even at the end of his life, Poe reached out to his art for comfort and courage, giving us in "Eldorado" a talisman to hold during our darkest moments--a timeless git from an American writer--Back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 137-139).
Genre/formFantasy poetry.
Genre/formFantasy poetry.
Genre/formPoésie fantastique.
LCCN 2009291404
ISBN9780451531056 (paperback)
ISBN0451531051 (paperback)
Stock numberNew Amer Library Classics, C/O Penguin Group USA Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, E Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 SAN 282-5074