Complete PoemsAlthough best known for his tales, Edgar Allan Poe himself thirsted for fame primarily as a poet. This volume, assembled by the eminent Poe scholar Thomas Ollive Mabbott, is the single most authoritative edition of Poe's poems ever published: 101 poems and their variants, including such gems as "The Raven," "The Bells," and "Annabel Lee," as well as previously uncollected poems, fragments, verses he published in reviews he wrote, and poems attributed to him. In this exhaustive collection, Mabbott takes a fresh look at these texts, aiming "to present what [Poe] wrote, to explain why he wrote it, to tell what he meant when he wrote it (if that be in any way obscure), and to give a history of its publication." Containing the definitive poems as well as pertinent biographical background, full annotations, and a meticulous enumeration of successive texts and variants, Mabbott's edition stands as a firm foundation for Poe scholarship as well as for more general appreciation. |
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... VERSES ] TO MARGARET TO OCTAVIA 16 14 14 POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1827 TAMERLANE 22 SONG ( " I SAW THEE ON THY BRIDAL DAY " ) 65 DREAMS 67 SPIRITS OF THE DEAD EVENING STAR 73 70 IMITATION 75 • • . " ) 76 STANZAS ( " IN YOUTH A DREAM 79 THE ...
... VERSES ] TO MARGARET TO OCTAVIA 16 14 14 POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1827 TAMERLANE 22 SONG ( " I SAW THEE ON THY BRIDAL DAY " ) 65 DREAMS 67 SPIRITS OF THE DEAD EVENING STAR 73 70 IMITATION 75 • • . " ) 76 STANZAS ( " IN YOUTH A DREAM 79 THE ...
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... VERSES : 1829-1831 ALONE 145 TO ISAAC LEA 147 ELIZABETH [ REBECCA ] 147 AN ACROSTIC ( " ELIZABETH , IT IS IN VAIN " ) 149 LINES ON JOE LOCKE 150 POEMS OF 1831 INTRODUCTION 156 MYSTERIOUS STAR ! ( A NEW INTRODUCTION TO “ AL AARAAF ...
... VERSES : 1829-1831 ALONE 145 TO ISAAC LEA 147 ELIZABETH [ REBECCA ] 147 AN ACROSTIC ( " ELIZABETH , IT IS IN VAIN " ) 149 LINES ON JOE LOCKE 150 POEMS OF 1831 INTRODUCTION 156 MYSTERIOUS STAR ! ( A NEW INTRODUCTION TO “ AL AARAAF ...
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... VERSES 392 DEEP IN EARTH 396 TO MISS LOUISE OLIVIA HUNTER 396 TO MARIE LOUISE SHEW 399 THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN 401 [ HOLY EYES ] 404 TO MARIE LOUISE 405 ULALUME 409 AN ENIGMA [ SARAH ANNA LEWIS ] 424 375 LAST POEMS : 1848-1849 THE BELLS ...
... VERSES 392 DEEP IN EARTH 396 TO MISS LOUISE OLIVIA HUNTER 396 TO MARIE LOUISE SHEW 399 THE BELOVED PHYSICIAN 401 [ HOLY EYES ] 404 TO MARIE LOUISE 405 ULALUME 409 AN ENIGMA [ SARAH ANNA LEWIS ] 424 375 LAST POEMS : 1848-1849 THE BELLS ...
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... VERSES BY MEMBERS OF POE'S FAMILY 515 ANNALS OF POE'S LIFE 483 527 SOURCES OF TEXTS COLLATED 573 MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 575 POE'S OWN COLLECTIONS OF HIS POEMS 577 ANTHOLOGIES 584 GRISWOLD'S EDITION 585 LATER BOOKS 585 NEWSPAPERS AND ...
... VERSES BY MEMBERS OF POE'S FAMILY 515 ANNALS OF POE'S LIFE 483 527 SOURCES OF TEXTS COLLATED 573 MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS 575 POE'S OWN COLLECTIONS OF HIS POEMS 577 ANTHOLOGIES 584 GRISWOLD'S EDITION 585 LATER BOOKS 585 NEWSPAPERS AND ...
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Contents
IV | 3 |
V | 4 |
VI | 5 |
IX | 6 |
X | 7 |
XI | 8 |
XII | 13 |
XIII | 14 |
LXXII | 301 |
LXXIII | 302 |
LXXIV | 303 |
LXXV | 304 |
LXXVI | 310 |
LXXVII | 312 |
LXXVIII | 318 |
LXXIX | 319 |
XV | 16 |
XVI | 19 |
XVII | 22 |
XVIII | 65 |
XX | 67 |
XXI | 70 |
XXII | 73 |
XXIII | 75 |
XXIV | 76 |
XXV | 79 |
XXVI | 80 |
XXVII | 82 |
XXVIII | 87 |
XXIX | 90 |
XXX | 92 |
XXXI | 127 |
XXXII | 129 |
XXXIII | 132 |
XXXIV | 133 |
XXXV | 135 |
XXXVII | 138 |
XXXVIII | 143 |
XXXIX | 145 |
XL | 147 |
XLII | 149 |
XLIII | 150 |
XLIV | 153 |
XLV | 156 |
XLVI | 159 |
XLVII | 161 |
XLVIII | 163 |
XLIX | 171 |
L | 179 |
LI | 189 |
LII | 196 |
LIII | 204 |
LIV | 209 |
LV | 211 |
LVIII | 216 |
LIX | 218 |
LX | 220 |
LXI | 222 |
LXII | 223 |
LXIV | 225 |
LXV | 226 |
LXVI | 232 |
LXVII | 233 |
LXVIII | 236 |
LXIX | 239 |
LXX | 241 |
LXXI | 299 |
LXXX | 320 |
LXXXI | 323 |
LXXXII | 328 |
LXXXIII | 329 |
LXXXIV | 330 |
LXXXV | 339 |
LXXXVII | 340 |
LXXXVIII | 342 |
LXXXIX | 347 |
XC | 350 |
XCI | 375 |
XCII | 377 |
XCIII | 378 |
XCIV | 379 |
XCV | 380 |
XCVI | 382 |
XCVII | 385 |
XCVIII | 386 |
XCIX | 392 |
C | 396 |
CI | 399 |
CII | 401 |
CIII | 404 |
CIV | 405 |
CV | 409 |
CVI | 424 |
CVII | 427 |
CVIII | 429 |
CIX | 441 |
CX | 449 |
CXI | 450 |
CXII | 452 |
CXIII | 461 |
CXIV | 465 |
CXV | 468 |
CXVI | 483 |
CXVII | 484 |
CXVIII | 485 |
CXIX | 491 |
CXX | 497 |
CXXI | 515 |
CXXII | 527 |
CXXIII | 573 |
CXXIV | 575 |
CXXV | 583 |
CXXVII | 584 |
CXXVIII | 587 |
595 | |
CXXX | 599 |
Common terms and phrases
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