Complete PoemsUniversity of Illinois Press, 2000 - 627 pages Although 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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... 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 HAPPIEST DAY 80 THE LAKE 82 1 19 POEMS COLLECTED IN 1829 SONNET - TO SCIENCE 90 ...
... 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 HAPPIEST DAY 80 THE LAKE 82 1 19 POEMS COLLECTED IN 1829 SONNET - TO SCIENCE 90 ...
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... SLEEPER 179 THE VALLEY OF UNREST 189 THE CITY IN THE SEA 196 A PAEAN 204 POEMS OF 1832-1835 EPIGRAM FROM PULCI 211 TO ONE IN PARADISE 211 87 143 153 209 HYMN 216 LATIN HYMN 218 SONG OF TRIUMPH 219 ENIGMA · X · CONTENTS.
... SLEEPER 179 THE VALLEY OF UNREST 189 THE CITY IN THE SEA 196 A PAEAN 204 POEMS OF 1832-1835 EPIGRAM FROM PULCI 211 TO ONE IN PARADISE 211 87 143 153 209 HYMN 216 LATIN HYMN 218 SONG OF TRIUMPH 219 ENIGMA · X · CONTENTS.
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... SONG 303 BRIDAL BALLAD 304 TO ZANTE 310 THE HAUNTED PALACE 312 COUPLET FROM " THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER " 318 MOTTO FOR " WILLIAM WILSON " 319 SONNET - SILENCE 320 THE CONQUEROR WORM 323 MOTTO FOR THE STYLUS 328 MOTTO FOR " THE ...
... SONG 303 BRIDAL BALLAD 304 TO ZANTE 310 THE HAUNTED PALACE 312 COUPLET FROM " THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER " 318 MOTTO FOR " WILLIAM WILSON " 319 SONNET - SILENCE 320 THE CONQUEROR WORM 323 MOTTO FOR THE STYLUS 328 MOTTO FOR " THE ...
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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 |
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CXXX | 599 |
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