The Raven (Visions in Poetry, 5) - Softcover

Poe, Edgar Allan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554534593 ISBN 13: 9781554534593

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2014

Synopsis

Visions in Poetry is an exciting and unique series of classic poems illustrated by outstanding contemporary artists in stunning hardcover editions.

The fifth book in the series, Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” delves into the hidden horrors of the human psyche. Originally published in 1845, the poem is narrated by a melancholy scholar brooding over Lenore, a woman he loved who is now lost to him. One bleak December at midnight, a raven with fiery eyes visits the scholar and perches above his chamber door. Struggling to understand the meaning of the word his winged visitant repeats --- “Nevermore!” --- the narrator descends by stages into madness.

Illustrator Ryan Price’s exquisitely grim illustrations suggest a background story shaped by the narrator’s guilt, embodied in the terrifying figure of the raven. Price’s drypoint technique, with its rich blacks and feathery lines, perfectly captures the nightmarish atmosphere of this unforgettable poem.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century, Edgar Allan Poe's renowned poem The Raven found perhaps its most perfect artistic interpreter. Doré's dreamlike, otherworldly style, tinged with melancholy, seems ideally matched to the bleak despair of Poe's celebrated work, among the most popular American poems ever written.
This volume reprints all 26 of Doré's detailed, masterly engravings from a rare 19th-century edition of the poem. Relevant lines from the poem are printed on facing pages and the complete text is also included. Admirers of Doré will find ample evidence here of his characteristic ability to capture the mood and meaning of a work of literature in striking imagery; lovers of The Raven will delight in seeing its mournful musing on love and loss given dramatic pictorial form.
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About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American writer and poet best known for his mysterious and macabre literature. His works are well known and influential around the world and have been imitated in film, television, and music.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554534593
• ISBN 13: 9781554534593
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Price Ryan
• Number of pages: 48