The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
By: with an introduction by Jay Parini and a new afterword by April Bernard.
Contributors: Parini, Jay.
Edition: First Signet Classics Printing (Bernard Afterword) (1)
Publisher: Signet Classics
Published: 2008-10
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9780451531056
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Fantasy poetry, American; American poetry -- 19th century
Work titles: Poems
Description: Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric “To Helen,” to his immortal masterpieces, “Annabel Lee,” “The Bells,” and “The Raven,” 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 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 gift from a great American writer.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-139).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Tamerlane (1827); title: song (1827); title: Dreams (1827); title: spirits of the Dead (1827) 36; title: Evening Star (1827); title: A Dream Within a Dream (1827) 39; title: Stanzas (1827) 40; title: A Dream (1827) 42; title: "The Happiest Day, the Happiest Hour" (1827) 43; title: — (1827) 44; title: The Lake: To; title: Sonnet—To Science (1829); title: A1 Aaraaf (1829) 46; title: Romance (1829); title: To — (1829) 60; title: To the River — (1829); title: To— (1829); title: Fairy-Land (1829) 63; title: Alone (date uncertain) 65; title: To Helen (1831) 66; title: Israfel (1831); title: The City in the Sea (1831) 69; title: The Sleeper (1831); title: Lenore (1831); title: The Valley of Unrest (1831); title: The Coliseum (1833); title: To One in Paradise (1834) 78; title: Hymn (1835) 79; title: To F— (1835); title: To S. O d (1835) 81; title: Bridal Ballad (1837) 82; title: Sonnet—To Zante (1837) 84; title: The Haunted Palace (1839) 85; title: Sonnet—Silence (1840) 87; title: The Conqueror Worm (1843) 88; title: Dream-Land (1844) 90; title: The Raven (1845); title: Eulalie—A song (1845) 99; title: A Valentine (1846) 100; title: To M.L.S (1847); title: Ulaiume—A Ballad (1847) 102; title: An Enigma (1848) 106; title: To— (1848) 107; title: To Helen (1848) 108; title: Eldorado (1849); title: For Annie (1849); title: To My Mother (1849); title: Annabel Lee (1849); title: The Bells (1849); title: Afterword 123; title: Selected Bibliography