Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

The importance of Edgar Allan Poe to literary history can hardly be exaggerated; his genius and originality, both in terms of language and technique, influenced the French Symbolists of the late 19th century and thus changed the course of modern literature. Although chiefly remembered for his short stories, poetry was his first love, and this magnificently decorated edition presents Poe's complete poems in addition to his most important critical essays on poetry.
Featuring such immortal works as "The Raven" "Annabel Lee," and "The Bells," this volume meticulously re-creates the famed 1900 Endymion edition, a series comprising the works of Robert Browning, Keats, and other luminaries. Poe's dark obsessions and fascination with the supernatural find a perfect match in the powerful and haunting imagery of artist W. Heath Robinson, whose headpieces, tailpieces, decorated titles, and other illustrations appear throughout the book.

Importanta lui Edgar Allan Poe pentru istoria literara cu greu poate fi exagerata; geniul si originalitatea sa, atat din punct de vedere al limbajului, cat si al tehnicii, i-au influentat pe simbolistii francezi de la sfarsitul secolului al XIX-lea si astfel au schimbat cursul literaturii moderne. Desi amintit in principal pentru povestirile sale, poezia a fost prima lui dragoste, iar aceasta editie magnific decorata prezinta poeziile complete ale lui Poe pe langa cele mai importante eseuri critice despre poezie.