Literary Theory and CriticismThis essential anthology of Poe's critical works features items from the Southern Literary Messenger, Graham's Magazine, and other periodicals, reviewing works by Dickens, Hawthorne, Cooper, and many others. The Theory of Poetry — consisting of "The Philosophy of Composition," "The Rationale of Verse," and "The Poetic Principle" — appears as well. Introduction. |
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... verse exchanges with two married women in the pages of the Broadway Journal during that year. Though his intentions clearly were innocent (and his actions even approved by his wife, Virginia) Poe's poor judgment received its own reward ...
... verse exchanges with two married women in the pages of the Broadway Journal during that year. Though his intentions clearly were innocent (and his actions even approved by his wife, Virginia) Poe's poor judgment received its own reward ...
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... Verse - [Southern Literary Messenger, OctoberNovember 1848] Review - [Southern Literary Messenger, March 1849] Marginalia - [Southern Literary Messenger, April 1849] The Poetic Principle - [Sartain's Union Magazine, October 1850] A ...
... Verse - [Southern Literary Messenger, OctoberNovember 1848] Review - [Southern Literary Messenger, March 1849] Marginalia - [Southern Literary Messenger, April 1849] The Poetic Principle - [Sartain's Union Magazine, October 1850] A ...
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... velvet violet, wet with dews, His target was the crescent shell Of the small sea Sidrophel, And a glittering beam from a maiden's eye Was the lance which he proudly wav'd on high. The truth is, that the only requisite for writing verses.
... velvet violet, wet with dews, His target was the crescent shell Of the small sea Sidrophel, And a glittering beam from a maiden's eye Was the lance which he proudly wav'd on high. The truth is, that the only requisite for writing verses.
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... verses of this nature, ad libitum, is a tolerable acquaintance with the qualities of the objects to be detailed, and a very moderate endowment of the faculty of Comparison —which is the chief constituent of Fancy or the powers of ...
... verses of this nature, ad libitum, is a tolerable acquaintance with the qualities of the objects to be detailed, and a very moderate endowment of the faculty of Comparison —which is the chief constituent of Fancy or the powers of ...
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... verses here italicized, if considered without their context, have a certain air of dignity, elegance, and chastity of thought. If however we apply the context, we are immediately overwhelmed with the grotesque. It is impossible to read ...
... verses here italicized, if considered without their context, have a certain air of dignity, elegance, and chastity of thought. If however we apply the context, we are immediately overwhelmed with the grotesque. It is impossible to read ...
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