The Raven and The Philosophy of Composition
‹
›
- Browse Category
We Begin at the EndLearn More - Choice Picks
- Top 100 Free Books
- Blog
- Recently Added
- Submit your eBook
By Edgar Allan Poe
31 Aug, 2019
"The Philosophy of Composition" is an 1846 essay written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. He concludes that length, "unity of effect" and a logical method are important con
... Read more
"The Philosophy of Composition" is an 1846 essay written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. He concludes that length, "unity of effect" and a logical method are important considerations for good writing. He also makes the assertion that "the death... of a beautiful woman" is "unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world". Poe uses the composition of his own poem "The Raven" as an example. The essay first appeared in the April 1846 issue of Graham's Magazine. It is uncertain if it is an authentic portrayal of Poe's own method. Less
- File size
- Print pages
- Publisher
- Publication date
- Language
- ISBN
- 2744.311 KB
- 100
- Public Domain Books
- 2013-08-26
- English
- 978-1978439085
Author
Related Books
The Feast of St. Friend:
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I:
Areopagitica:
Lincoln Letters:
The Egyptian Conception of Immortality: The Ingersoll Lecture 1911:
Plain Words From America: A Letter to a German Professor:
.jpg){kind=logo}
Lincoln's Inaugurals, Addresses and Letters (Selections):
What Is Man? And Other Essays:
The German War:
Idling in Italy: Studies of Literature and of Life:
Dante: An Essay:
The Wound Dresser:
Memories: A Story of German Love:
The Wild Irishman:
Confessions of a Book-Lover:
.jpg){kind=logo}
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Supplement of Interesting Letters, by Distinguished Characters (Classic Reprint):
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III:
Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865:
Letters of Franz Liszt - Volume 1: From Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso:
Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies:
.jpeg){kind=logo}
Across the Zodiac (The Story of a Wrecked Record):
Cato Maior de Senectute:
.jpg){kind=logo}
Library Essays: Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries (Essay Index Reprint Series):
The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Supplement of Interesting Letters, by Distinguished Characters (Classic Reprint):
Walking Essays:
Join us and get access to all your favourite books
It’s free
