The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe

By Edgar Allan Poe, Jay Parini and April Bernard

Explore the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty in Edgar Allan Poe’s verse in this complete poetry collection.

Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric “To Helen,” to his immortal masterpieces, “Annabel Lee,” “The Bells,” and “The Raven,” Poe stands beside the celebrated English romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats, and his haunting, sensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the Victorian giants Swinburne, Tennyson, and Rossetti.

Today his dark side speaks eloquently to contemporary readers in poems such as “The Haunted Palace” and “The Conqueror Worm,” with their powerful images of madness and the macabre. But even at the end of his life, Poe reached out to his art for comfort and courage, giving us in “Eldorado” a talisman to hold during our darkest moments—a timeless gift from a great American writer.

Includes an Introduction by Jay Parini 
and an Afterword by April Bernard

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Release date: Oct 7, 2008
• ISBN: 9781101042496

Edgar Allan Poe

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Reviews for The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe

[leslie398 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The layout of this collection is interesting, as it starts with Poe's poems "of later life" which include his most famous (The Raven, Annabelle Lee, etc), then moves to his poems "of middle life", followed by poetry of his early life (I skipped the essays and prose poems at the end of the book).

The reverse chronology unfortunately meant that the quality decreased somewhat as you proceed. Poe clearly gained in skill as he aged and all of his very best poems are in the first section of this collection.

[michael8xolotl · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Probably best when read drunk and listening to Lustmord.

[xuebi-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Poe, not only a noted author but also poet, is not only the author of The Raven - the quintessential American gothic poem, but also the author of numerous other poems worthy of recognition.

This book collects of Poe's poetry from "To Helen" and "Annabel Lee" to "Ulalume" and of course "The Raven".

[pathogenik-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Some poems were extraordinary, but the majority of the poems were dull.

[nakushitaxotome · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Fall of the House of Usher is a wonderful piece with plenty of interesting allusions to Poe's own life. The symbolism is rampant. I'm also a fan of Masque of the Red Death. A favorite quote, "There are chords in the hearts of the most reckless which cannot be touched without emotion... Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."Just wonderful.

[junesong · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love Edgar Allen Poe. He's is one of my favorite poets. I love his dark and eerie style. He has a lot of underlying meanings in his poems (i.e. Annabelle Lee). I like trying to decipher his feelings and emotions within the story. I also enjoy the fact that he's from maryland, like me :)

[fledgist · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Poe is known for too few of his poems. He deserves to be known for more.

[janemarieprice · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a necessary addition for anyone who loves Poe or his poetry. It is beautiful and tragic and dark. This collection is complete and not so large as to be unwieldy.