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    The Raven
    The Raven
    The Raven
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    The Raven

    By Edgar Allan Poe

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    126 black and white illustrations (engravings) together with the text of the poem. According to Wikipedia: "The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's
    mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall
    into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student,[1][2] is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas,
    the raven seems to further distress the protagonist with its constant
    repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of folk, mythological, religious, and classical references."  The illustrator, "Paul" Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeltzer Books
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9781455446377
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    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.

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      The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe

      THE RAVEN BY EDGAR ALLAN POE, ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORE

      Published by Seltzer Books

      established in 1974

      offering over 14,000 books

      feedback welcome: seltzer@seltzerbooks.com

      Books Illustrated by Gustave Dore, available from Seltzer Books:

      Two Hundred Sketches, Humorous and Grotesque

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      The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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      The Divine Comedy by Dante

      Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel by Rabelais

      Atala by Chateaubriand

      Stories of the Days of King Arthur by Charles Henry Hans

      Riveer Legends of Father Thames and Father Rhine by Knatchbull-Hugessen

      A Tour Through the Pyrenees by Taine

      Myths of the Rine by Saintine

      Fairy Realm, a Collection of Favourite Old Tales by Thomas Hood

      Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Runissende by Mary Lafon

      Cockaynes in Paris or Gone Abroad by Blanchard Jerrold

      WITH COMMENT BY EDMUND C. STEDMAN

      NEW YORK

      HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

      1884

      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by HARPER & BROTHERS,

      In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

      All rights reserved.

      COMMENT ON THE POEM.

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS WITH NAMES OF ENGRAVERS

      Title-page, designed by Elihu Vedder. Frederick Juengling.

      Nevermore. H. Claudius, G.J. Buechner. ANANKE. H. Claudius.

      THE RAVEN (THE COMPLETE POEM)

      "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

      Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore." R.A. Muller.

      "Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, 

      And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." R.G. Tietze.

      "Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow

      From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore." H. Claudius.

      Sorrow for the lost Lenore. W. Zimmermann.

      "For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—

      Nameless here for evermore." Frederick Juengling.

      "''T is some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—

      Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.'" W. Zimmermann.

      —Here I opened wide the door;—Darkness there, and nothing more. H. Claudius.

      Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. F.S. King.

      "'Surely,' said I, 'surely

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