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his first book. Though this was not entirely true, it was the first work published with his name, signed "Edgar A. Poe". Poe addressed the obscurity in "Al Aaraaf" by including multiple footnotes, many of which were left untranslated from French, Latin, and
Spanish. "Al Aaraaf" was published in its
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around May 1829. He wrote to them, "If the poem is published, succeed or not, I am 'irrecoverably a poet.' But to your opinion I leave it". He met with Isaac Lea, who was willing to publish it so long as they were protected against any loss. Poe asked his foster-father John Allan to subsidize the
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which was two and a half hours long. Poe read "Al Aaraaf", renamed "The
Messenger Star" for the event, and tried to convince his Boston audience that the poem he wrote as a young man was new. The audience was confused by the obscure poem and many left during its recitation. Poe ended with "The
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653:. New York: Russell & Russell, Inc., 1962: 152.
1436:. New York City: Harper Perennial, 1991: 266â267.
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379:"Al Aaraaf" includes names Poe would later reuse:
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131:In the opening section of the poem, God commands
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487:Upon his return to New York, Poe wrote in the
66:Years later, in 1845, Poe used "Al Aaraaf" to
1825:The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
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1327:. New York City: Checkmark Books, 2001: 196.
1287:. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998: 182.
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1182:. New York City: Harper Perennial, 1991: 54.
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682:Phillips, Elizabeth. "The Poems: 1824â1835",
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425:in October 1845, arranged with help from
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1512:Thomas, Dwight & David K. Jackson.
1472:Thomas, Dwight & David K. Jackson.
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36:" is an early poem by American writer
2385:Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight
1576:An omnibus collection of Poe's poetry
1285:Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography
1200:Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography
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852:Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography
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626:Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography
601:Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography
480:compared Poe's stunt with the story "
353:Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
287:Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
273:Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
251:Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
182:On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
57:Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
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2177:Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
2049:The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
1554:Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy
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1267:. New York: Metro Books, 2008: 40.
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2335:Tales of Mystery & Imagination
724:Romancing the Shadow: Poe and Race
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651:The Mind of Poe and Other Studies
2284:Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
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561:, Qrisse's Edgar Allan Poe Pages
25:Illustration for "Al Aaraaf" by
2249:Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (wife)
1536:. New York: Dutton, 2006: 274.
432:Fresh off his public feud with
104:, alternatively transliterated
2269:Rosalie Mackenzie Poe (sister)
1979:A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
1860:The Fall of the House of Usher
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2215:The Conchologist's First Book
2109:The Philosophy of Composition
1909:Never Bet the Devil Your Head
1895:The Murders in the Rue Morgue
304:Baltimore Minerva and Emerald
2369:The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
2150:The Journal of Julius Rodman
1902:A Descent into the Maelström
2439:Fiction about the afterlife
2264:William Henry Poe (brother)
2095:The Philosophy of Furniture
1930:The Masque of the Red Death
1603:public domain audiobook at
1345:Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe
1220:Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe
827:Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe
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2102:Morning on the Wissahiccon
1937:The Mystery of Marie RogĂȘt
976:Bloomfield, Shelly Costa.
726:, J. Gerald Kennedy &
684:A Companion to Poe Studies
434:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
417:After the publication of "
2449:Angels in popular culture
2434:Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe
2169:Tamerlane and Other Poems
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1044:Edgar Allan Poe Revisited
741:Edgar Allan Poe Revisited
704:Edgar Allan Poe Revisited
465:Boston Evening Transcript
363:name will be a great one
323:American Ladies' Magazine
282:Tamerlane and Other Poems
2444:Works based on the Quran
1944:The Pit and the Pendulum
1853:The Man That Was Used Up
1064:Poe and the Printed Word
935:Poe and the Printed Word
558:Al Aaraaf and West Point
222:couplets then shifts to
160:(Arabic ۧÙŰŁŰč۱ۧÙ) in the
2056:The Cask of Amontillado
2035:The Imp of the Perverse
2021:Some Words with a Mummy
1846:The Devil in the Belfry
1589:Edgar Allan Poe Society
1325:Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z
1127:Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z
536:Edgar Allan Poe: A to Z
482:The Imp of the Perverse
200:The Loves of the Angels
16:Poem by Edgar Allan Poe
2289:National Historic Site
2259:David Poe Jr. (father)
2088:Maelzel's Chess Player
1744:A Dream Within a Dream
1283:Quinn, Arthur Hobson.
1198:Quinn, Arthur Hobson.
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2123:Eureka: A Prose Poem
2116:The Poetic Principle
2014:The Purloined Letter
2000:The Angel of the Odd
1986:The Premature Burial
1888:The Man of the Crowd
1492:Silverman, Kenneth.
1452:Silverman, Kenneth.
1432:Silverman, Kenneth.
1412:Silverman, Kenneth.
1372:Silverman, Kenneth.
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873:Silverman, Kenneth.
664:The Poe Encyclopedia
427:James Russell Lowell
411:James Russell Lowell
397:The Poetic Principle
156:The poem draws from
48:as described in the
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1951:The Tell-Tale Heart
1695:The City in the Sea
1585:Publication history
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