Poems, 1831 by Edgar Allan Poe - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By Edgar Allan Poe

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishdrive
• Release date: Jul 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781788776738

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American author of short stories, poetry, and literary criticism and theory. Titled "The Master of the Macabre" he is famous for his tales of mystery and horror. He was one of the earliest masters of the short story and is widely credited as the creator of detective fiction.

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The Complete Works of

EDGAR ALLAN POE

VOLUME 3 OF 21

Poems, 1831

Parts Edition

By Delphi Classics, 2015

Version 6

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‘Poems, 1831’

Edgar Allan Poe: Parts Edition (in 21 parts)

First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

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Edgar Allan Poe: Parts Edition

This eBook is Part 3 of the Delphi Classics edition of Edgar Allan Poe in 21 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Poems, 1831 from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

IN 21 VOLUMES

Parts Edition Contents

The Poetry Collections

1, Tamerlane and Other Poems

2, Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems

3, Poems, 1831

4, The Raven and Other Poems

5, Uncollected Poems

The Tales

6, The Complete Tales

The Novels

7, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

8, The Journal of Julius Rodman

The Play

9, Politian

The Essays

10, The Complete Essays

The Non-Fiction

11, The Conchologist’s First Book

12, The Literati

13, Marginalia

14, Fifty Suggestions

15, A Chapter on Autography

The Letters

16, The Complete Letters of Edgar Poe

The Criticism

17, The Criticism

The Biographies

18, The Story of Edgar Allan Poe by Sherwin Cody

19, The Dreamer by Mary Newton Stanard

20, Memoir of the Author by Rufus Wilmot Griswold

21, Death of Edgar A. Poe. by N. P. Willis

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Poems, 1831

Poe travelled to West Point and matriculated as a cadet on July 1, 1830.  In October of that year, John Allan married his second wife, Louisa Patterson. The marriage, and bitter quarrels with Poe over the children born to Allan out of affairs, led to the foster father finally disowning the poet. Poe decided to leave West Point by purposely being court-martialed. He left for New York in February, which is when he had this third volume of poems published.

The book was financed with help from his fellow cadets at West Point, many of whom donated 75 cents to the cause, raising a total of $170. They were most likely expecting verses