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The world first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrún, and the Fall of the Niflungs.
“Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles The New Lay of the Völsungs
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Part of the Timeless Classics series, The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe contains every know tale written by the famous gothic American writer. His often macabre and dark works, which span the years from 1827 to his death in 1849, include "The Raven," "The Black Cat," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "Annabelle Lee."
For Poe fans worldwide, this elegant collector's edition includes over 70 of Poe's short stories, more than 40 melodious poems,...
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Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
c1980
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The importance of Edgar Allan Poe to literary history can hardly be exaggerated; his genius and originality, both in terms of language and technique, influenced the French Symbolists of the late 19th century and thus changed the course of modern literature. Although chiefly remembered for his short stories, poetry was his first love, and this magnificently decorated edition presents Poe's complete poems in addition to his most important critical essays...
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Essential poets volume 14
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Ecco Press
Pub. Date
1991
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The Letter is an inspiring collection of letters written by a high school swim coach to his athletes upon graduation. Every letter is personal and based on a theme specific to each athlete. It is a culmination of the journey taken through their high school swim experience. Their joys, failures, successes, and triumphs. The Letter is part inspiration and reflection, part motivation and direction.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2008
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Never before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time, in a fully illustrated volume. This new, definitive collection of works -- which had appeared separately, in various formats, between 1949 and 1998 -- comes with a brand-new foreword and endmatter, and with a...
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Dover Publications
Pub. Date
c1991
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Features 41 of Poe's most memorable poems - among them "The Bells," "Ulalume," "Israfel," "To Helen," "The Conqueror Worm," "Eldorado" and "Annabel Lee" - reveal the extraordinary spectrum of Poe's personality and his virtuoso command of poetic language, rhythms and figures of speech. Alphabetic lists of titles and first lines.
10) Complete poems
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Gramercy Books
Pub. Date
1992
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This is a collection of the poems of Edgar Allan Poe, whose themes of love, death, and despair reflect the anguish he suffered in his own troubled life.
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The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
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Presents a selection of Poe's tales and poems with in-depth marginal notes elucidating his sources, obscure words and passages, and literary, biographical, and historical allusions. Edgar Allan Poe is perhaps America s most famous writer. Yet he remains misunderstood, his works easily confused with the legend of a troubled genius. In this annotated edition of tales and poems, Kevin J. Hayes debunks the Poe myth, enables a larger appreciation of Poe...
13) Poetry and tales
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Library of America volume 19
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Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by the Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1984
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Preface (Tamerlane and other poems1827)--Letter to Mr.--(Poems-1831)-Preface (The Raven and other poems-1845) --O Tempora! O, Mores!--To Margaret--To Octavia--(etc.).
17) McElligot's pool
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Random House
Pub. Date
[1974]
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A boy imagines the rare and wonderful fish he might catch in McElligot's pool.
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Bulfinch Press
Pub. Date
c2001
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One of the most original American writers, Edgar Allan Poe shaped the development of both the horror story and science fiction genres and has widespread, timeless appeal. Some of his poems remain among the most popular in American literature, and Poe's tales of the macabre still thrill readers of all ages. Here, in a small-format illustrated collection, are 16 poems and tales by Edgar Allan Poe. All are matched with newly commissioned illustrations...
19) Creatures: poems
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Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1985
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A collection of English and American poems featuring a variety of magical and supernatural creatures.