Poe: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington

by Edgar Allan Poe, Peter Washington (Editor)

Overview

Poe's poems have been memorized and recited by millions. Among his best-loved works are "The Raven" with its hypnotic chant of "nevermore," and the sensuous and lyrical "Annabel Lee." This collection includes all of Poe's most popular rhymes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679445050
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/31/1995
Series:	Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	4.40(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 in Boston, the son of traveling actors. He published his first book of poems Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827, followed by Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (which included "The Fall of the House of Usher") in 1839, but he did not achieve appreciable recognition until the publication of "The Raven" in 1845. He died in 1849.