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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art. Embellished with Mezzotint and Steel Engravings, Music, etc., William C. Bryant, J. Fenimore Cooper, Richard H. Dana, James K Paulding, Henry W. Longfellow, Charles F. Hoffman, Joseph C. Neal, J. R. Lowell. Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney, Miss. c. M. Sedgwick, Mrs. Frances S. Osgood, Mrs. Emma C. Embury, Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, Mrs. A. M. F. Annan, Fanny Forester, etc., Principal Contributors. George R. Graham, Editor. Volume XXVIII, 1846 January - June, 284 pp; Volume XXIX, 1846 July to December, 320 pp. Philadelphia: George R. Graham & Co., 1856. Bound together in half-leather marbled binding measuring 10 x 6.25", large octavo. ***Notable entries: Marginalia by Edgar Allan Poe. Vol. XXVIII, March, - First Printing of Fifth installment on pages 116-118. This is the first installment to appear in Graham's, and the fifth of the full series. Vol. XXIX, November, First Printing of Eighth Installment on Pages 245 - 248, the second installment to appear in Graham's. Vol. XXIX, December, First Printing of Ninth Installment on pages 311-313, third installment to appear in Grahams. The Philosophy of Composition by Edgar Allan Poe. Vol. XXVIII, April, First Printing, Pages 163-167. In fair condition. Boards are scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at leather corners. Front hinge split at head with exposed binding. Rear hinge worn, but intact. Head and tail of spine rubbed; gilt lettering overall bright and clean. Pencil ownership marginalia found at top edge of front end-page. Front gutter split at contents page, cording exposed. Foxing exhibited throughout text-block, mostly to and around plates. Some tissue guards are lacking, or torn. Some instances of age-staining. Rear gutter split. Binding intact, hinges fragile. Please see photos. 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. Generally, the essay introduces three of Poe's theories regarding literature. The author recounts idealized process by which he says he wrote his most famous poem The Raven, to illustrate the theory, which is in deliberate contrast to the "spontaneous creation" explanation put forth, for example, by Coleridge as an explanation for his poem Kubla Khan. Poe's explanation of the process of writing is so rigidly logical, however, that some have suggested the essay was meant as satire or hoax. First appearances of both entries. RAREA1846EJKX 04/24 - HK1418. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RAREA1846EJKX
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