The Raven and Other Poems

The undisputed pioneer of the horror, detective and science-fiction genres, Edgar Allan Poe was an accomplished poet as well as a celebrated writer of short stories. The present edition contains all of his works in verse, from the major poems of his maturity such as his famous ballads The Raven and Lenore to those he published in his youth and those that were collected immediately after his premature death in 1849. Also included in this volume is a selection of Poes essays on poetical composition and prosody, revealing that poetry was at the core of the American masters vision of literature something also demonstrated by the significant and enduring body of work he left behind in this field.