“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”
Brief BackgroundBrief Background Born in Boston on January 19, 1809 When he was 3, his parents died and he was adopted into a wealthy family Had dreams of being a writer like Lord Byron Attended the University of Virginia Died 2 years after his wife’s death in 1847 at the age of 40
Writing CareerWriting Career Started out writing for Magazines and continued throughout his career Wrote poems, short stories, plays, essays and fiction Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque was his first book of short stories Published his first poem “The Raven” in January 1845 “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity”
Complete List of Poems “Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.” A Dream A Dream Within A Dream A Paean A Valentine Al Aaraaf Alone An Enigma Annabel Lee Bridal Ballad Dreamland Dreams Eldorado Eulalie Evening Star Fairyland For Annie Hymn Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius Imitation In Youth I Have Known One Israfel Lenore Romance Silence Song Sonnet: To Science Spirits of the Dead Tamerlane The Bells The City in the Sea The Coliseum The Conqueror Worm The Forest Reverie The Happiest Day The Haunted Palace The Lake The Raven The Sleeper The Valley of Unrest The Village Street To - - To F To Frances S. Osgood To Helen To Isadore To Marie Louise (Shew) To My Mother To One in Paradise To The River To Zante Ulalume
Complete List of Short Stories "The Angel of the Odd" "The Balloon Hoax" "Berenice" "The Black Cat" "The Cask of Amontillado" "A Descent Into The Maelström" "Eleonora" "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "The Gold Bug" "Hop-Frog" "The Imp of the Perverse" "The Island of the Fay" "Ligeia" "The Man of the Crowd" "Manuscript Found in a Bottle" "The Masque of the Red Death" "Mesmeric Revelation" "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" "The Oval Portrait" "The Pit and the Pendulum" "The Premature Burial" "The Purloined Letter" "Silence - A Fable" "Some Words With a Mummy" "The Spectacles" "The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether" "The Tell-Tale Heart" "William Wilson"
Other WorksOther Works Fiction The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym Plays Politian Essays Philosophy of Furniture The Poetic Principle Old English Poetry “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.”
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