Title: Poems and essays on poetry /
Authors: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Sisson, C. H. 1914-2003.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Fantasy poetry, American.; Poetry History and criticism Theory, etc.
Abstract: "This edition contains all of Poe's poetry and his three most influential essays. The reader experiences Poe afresh as an original and challenging writer. C.H. Sisson sides with Baudelaire, Mallarmé and Valéry in recognising the haunting qualities of Poe's language. 'There is', Sisson writes in his introduction, 'a small handful of Poe's poems which are of a clarity and luminosity which make most of the poetry of the nineteenth century look muddy'"--Back cover.
Contents: Poems: -- To Helen -- The raven -- The valley of unrest -- Bridal ballad -- The sleeper -- The coliseum -- Lenore -- Catholic hymn -- Israfel -- Dreamland -- Sonnet: To Zante -- The city in the sea -- To one in paradise -- Eulalie -- To F....s S. O....d -- To F.... -- Sonnet: Silence -- The conqueror worm -- The haunted palace -- Scenes from Politian -- Poems written in youth: -- Sonnet to science -- Al Aaraaf -- Tamerlane -- A dream -- Romance -- Fairyland -- To .... -- To the river .... -- The lake, To .... -- Song -- Later poems: -- A dream within a dream -- The bells -- To Helen -- A valentine -- An enigma -- To .... .... -- To my mother -- Eldorado -- To .... -- To M.L. S.... -- For Annie -- Ulalume -- Annabel Lee -- Essays on poetry: -- The poetic principle -- The rationale of verse -- The philosophy of composition.