Edgar Allen Poe - 'The philosophy of composition'

An analysis of his work

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,3, University of Koblenz-Landau (Institut für fremdsprachliche Philologien Anglistik), course: The American Short Story in the 19th Century, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper is written for a seminar titled 'American Short Stories'; It discusses Poes Essay on how to write the perfect poem; a full analysis of 'the Raven' is included (this analysis is NOT based on my own ideas - it is just facts that were mentioned in the seminar, in general I refer to one author but for citation please use e.g. 'Stovall, Floyed' see list of works cited); after having discussed The philosophy' and 'The Raven' the paper tries to find out to what extent Poe created a poem according to his standards excerpt introduction: 'On the next pages we will have a look on Poe's 'The Raven', his essay 'The philosophy of Composition' and get in detail with questions like: What is his essay about and what was the author's intention writing an essay about the only way creating a fiction work? Did Poe compose his 'Raven' exactly that way or are there clues that Poe couldn't cope with his own ideas?'