Edgar Allan Poe

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Phoenix, 2002 - 119 strani
"Take this kiss upon the brow!"
"And in parting from you now, "
"Thus much let me avow-"
"You are not wrong, who deem"
"That my days have been a dream..."
" --"From" A Dream Within a Dream"
His poem "The Raven" caused a sensation, and was nevermore forgotten, but Edgar Allan Poe produced many more powerful and haunting verses. "The Bells" vividly describes the varied meanings and sounds of the chimes, from merry wedding bells to "brazen" alarms to death tolls. Go back to the "kingdom by the sea" where "Annabel Lee" lived, loved, and died. Forty-eight poems in all will keep readers riveted.

O avtorju (2002)

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809. In 1827, he enlisted in the United States Army and his first collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published. In 1835, he became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. Over the next ten years, Poe would edit a number of literary journals including the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and Graham's Magazine in Philadelphia and the Broadway Journal in New York City. It was during these years that he established himself as a poet, a short story writer, and an editor. His works include The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Masque of the Red Death, and The Raven. He struggle with depression and alcoholism his entire life and died on October 7, 1849 at the age of 40.

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