This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...the most forlorn and hopeless of its castaways. VII. Seeking our illustrations of the poetic life, we find no career of more touching and peculiar interest than GriswolaVi memoir. that of Poe. It is said that disaster followed him even after death, in the vicious memoir which Griswold prefixed to his collected works; ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...the most forlorn and hopeless of its castaways. VII. Seeking our illustrations of the poetic life, we find no career of more touching and peculiar interest than GriswolaVi memoir. that of Poe. It is said that disaster followed him even after death, in the vicious memoir which Griswold prefixed to his collected works; and doubtless the poet should have had for his biographer a man of kind and healthy discernment, like Kennedy, his townsman and generous friend. Yet Poe showed tact in choosing Griswold, and builded better than he knew. He could select no more indefatigable bookwright to bring together his scattered writings, and he counted upon Death's paying all debts. In this Poe was mistaken. For once Griswold wrote as he thought and felt, and his memoir, however spiteful and unchivalrous, was more sincere than many of the sycophantic sketches in the bulky volumes of his "Poets and Poetry." Malice made him eloquent, and an off-hand obituary notice of the poet was the most nervous piece of work that ever came from his pen. It was heartless, and, in some respects, inaccurate. It brought so much wrath upon him that he became vindictive, and followed it up with a memoir, which, as an exhibition of the ignoble nature of its author, scarcely has a parallel. Did this in the end affect Poe's fame injuriously? Far otherwise; it moved a I Effect host of writers, beginning with Willis and Graham, .' TMu. to recall his habit of life, and reveal the good side of it. Some have gone as far in eulogy as Griswold went toward the opposite extreme. It seemed a cruel irony of fate that Poe's own biographer should plant thorns upon his grave, but he also planted laurels. He paid an unstinted tribute to the poet's genius, and this was the only concession which Poe ...
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Very good. Signed by previous owner. gilt top edge, very clean pages; almost no shelf wear. 516 p. not an anthology, but a critical analysis of the great American poets of the 19th century
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FAIR. 5X8. Pages brittle, some pages ton, corners bumped, dull gilt on spine, previous owners bookplate on inside of front cover, ex library stamp on pretitle page _PAB_
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Cloth-bound, yellow print lettering on backstrip, possibly rebound by library, undated; dated 1885 in introduction, internally clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN:
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Fair. Fair hardcover, no dustcover. Text unmarked, pages are tanned. Top page ends are gold gilt. Covers show edge wear with rubbings/scuffing and bumped corners. Spine edge wear. Hinges cracked but binding still intact. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Blue cloth. pp (xx), 516, [2], (2, ads). Moderate wear to spine ends; yellowing to page edges; pencil name at front, pencil note at rear; else a VG clean, tight and unworn copy. Laid in is a damp stained card signed by Stedman. BAL 18630, state B, with cancel title leaf.; Signed by Author.
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