The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Including the Choicest of His Critical Essays (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Including the Choicest of His Critical Essays<br/><br/>A famous author of our time has written a book to prove that the poet can find a happy home neither in democratic nor aristo cratic society - not a whit the more in a republic than in a monarchy, absolute or limited - and who was able peremptorily to reply to him? I bring today a new legend to support his theory; today, I add a new saint to the holy army of martyrs, for I have to write the history of one of those illustrious unfortunates, over-rich, with poetry and passion, who came after so many others, to serve in this dull world the rude apprenticeship of genius among inferior souls.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br/><br/>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.