Poetry for Young People: Edgar Allan Poe - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402754728 ISBN 13: 9781402754722

Publisher: Union Square Kids, 2008

Synopsis

The creator of unforgettable tales of horror that remain classics to this day, Edgar Allan Poe may be best-known as a nineteenth-century short-story writer, but he was also a great poet who composed verses that expressed his emotions and feelings. More than twenty of his poems are brought to a new generation of readers with colorful illustrations and easy-to-understand notes that will encourage the enjoyment and appreciation of a great talent. Selections include the famous, spine-tingling “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.”

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Edgar Allan Poe is perhaps best known as a writer of mystery tales. However, he was also of great importance as a poet -- a serious craftsman who influenced many later writers and himself took bold, imaginative strides into the future.

While some of his poems have the macabre overtones of his stories, others are simple, lyrical expressions of emotion evoking a timeless and haunting quality.

This selection of his verse is accompanied throughout by watercolours painted by Edmund Dulac for The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, 1912.

About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1402754728
• ISBN 13: 9781402754722
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Editor: Bagert Brod
• Illustrator: Cobleigh Carolynn