The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

He died of unknown causes - with rabies, cholera, alcoholism and tuberculosis among the hypotheses - in Baltimore. Its immediate success prompted Wiley and Putnam to produce both 'Tales,' a collection of Poes prose writing, and 'The Raven and Other Poems. While studying at the University of Virginia he started self-publishing volumes of poetry, and after a stint in the military began writing essays and fiction for a living. Edgar Allen Poes narrative poem, 'The Raven,' was first published in 'The American Review' in February 1845, four years before Poes death. The Raven and Other Poems, published late in that year, was the last of Poes volumes of verse to. Also included in this volume is a selection of Poe's essays on poetical composition and prosody, revealing that poetry was at the core of the American master's vision of literature - something also demonstrated by the significant and enduring body of work he left behind in this field.Ībout the Author Born in Boston, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was brought up by the Allan merchant family after the death of his mother and being abandoned by his father. Poe, in 1845, finally won popular recognition as a poet. The present edition contains all of his works in verse, from the major poems of his maturity - such as his famous ballads 'The Raven' and 'Lenore' - to those he published in his youth and those that were collected immediately after his premature death in 1849. The undisputed pioneer of the horror, detective and science-fiction genres, Edgar Allan Poe was an accomplished poet as well as a celebrated writer of short stories. This edition of The Raven and Other Poems contains a large selection of his works in verse, including some of Poe's essays on poetical composition and prosody.

About the Book A great addition to Alma Great Poets series to include Blake, Coleridge, Keats, Milton, Shakespeare, Shelley, Whitman, Wordsworth and Yeats.

The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe