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Ėdgar Allan Po (1809–1849) — genialʹnyĭ amerikanskiĭ poėt, prozaik, redaktor i literaturnyĭ kritik. Po rodilsia v Bostone i byl srednim rebenkom v semʹe stranstvuiushchikh akterov. Ego otets rano pokinul semʹiu, a matʹ vskore posle ėtogo umerla ot chakhotki. Malʹchika vziala na vospitanie bezdetnaia supruzheskaia para Dzhona i Frensis Allanov. Priemnaia semʹia staralasʹ datʹ emu khoroshee obrazovanie: Po zanimalsia s chastnymi uchiteliami, poseshchal shkolu i v semnadtsatiletnem vozraste postupil v Virginskiĭ universitet, gde izuchal iazyki i literaturu. Odnako on ostavil uchebu i postupil na sluzhbu v armiiu — tam pisatelʹ probyl nedolgo i vskore byl vsetselo pogloshchen literaturnoĭ deiatelʹnostʹiu. Na protiazhenii vseĭ svoeĭ zhizni Po chasto ispytyval finansovye zatrudneniia, poskolʹku stremilsia zarabatyvatʹ iskliuchitelʹno literaturnym trudom. Nekotoroe vremia on rabotal v richmondskom zhurnale Southern Literary Messenger, gde vypolnial obiazannosti redaktora i sniskal reputatsiiu besposhchadnogo literaturnogo kritika. Tem ne menee, stabilʹnogo dokhoda u Po tak i ne poiavilosʹ: pristupy depressii i problemy s alkogolem ne pozvoliali avtoru dolgo uderzhivatʹsia na odnom rabochem meste. Po neodnokratno publikoval svoi proizvedeniia v raznykh zhurnalakh: ego novatorskie literaturnye resheniia chasto privodili publiku v smiatenie. V 1847 godu umerla zhena poėta. Gore podkosilo Po i podorvalo ego zdorovʹe. On ushel iz zhizni vsego cherez dva goda pri tainstvennykh obstoiatelʹstvakh: pisatelʹ byl naĭden v odnoĭ iz tavern Baltimora v bredu i cherez neskolʹko dneĭ skonchalsia v bolʹnitse po neizvestnoĭ prichine.Ėdgar Po, chʹi proizvedeniia pri zhizni sootechestvenniki tsenili ne ochenʹ vysoko, stal pervym amerikanskim poėtom, proslavivshimsia na vesʹ mir. On vnes neizmerimyĭ vklad v razvitie tak nazyvaemoĭ goticheskoĭ literatury, predvoskhitil literaturu dekadansa i stal rodonachalʹnikom detektivnykh rasskazov. Tvorchestvo Ėdgara Po nashlo otklik sredi mnozhestva takikh izvestnykh literatorov, kak Sharlʹ Bodler, Govard Lavkraft, Artur Doĭl, Aleksandr Blok i Valeriĭ Briusov. V dannom izdanii predstavleno polnoe sobranie stikhotvoreniĭ i poėm velikogo pisatelia. V ikh chisle ego samoe izvestnoe stikhotvorenie — «Voron» (1845), privedennoe v neskolʹkikh perevodakh, i samoe poslednee stikhotvorenie Po — «Annabelʹ Li» (1849), napisannoe, predpolozhitelʹno, v pamiatʹ o zhene poėta.Sbornik ukrashaiut voskhititelʹnye risunki Vilʹiama Khita Robinsona (1872–1944). Ėtot britanskiĭ khudozhnik, mulʹtiplikator i knizhnyĭ illiustrator obrel mirovuiu slavu. On illiustriroval skazki «Tysiacha i odnoĭ nochi», a takzhe proizvedeniia Gansa Khristiana Andersena, Vilʹiama Shekspira i Charlʹza Kingsli.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was a brilliant American poet, novelist, editor, and literary critic. Poe was born in Boston and was the middle child of a family of traveling actors. His father left the family early, and his mother died of consumption shortly thereafter. The boy was adopted by a childless married couple John and Francis Allan. His foster family tried to give him a good education: He studied with private teachers, attended school, and at the age of seventeen entered the University of Virginia, where he studied languages and literature. However, he left school and joined the army, where the writer did not stay long and soon became completely absorbed in literary activity. Throughout his life, Poe often experienced financial difficulties, as he sought to earn exclusively by literary work. He worked for a while at the Richmond magazine Southern Literary Messenger, where he served as editor and gained a reputation as a ruthless literary critic. Nevertheless, Poe did not have a stable income: bouts of depression and alcohol problems did not allow the author to stay in one workplace for a long time. Poe has repeatedly published his works in various magazines: his innovative literary solutions often led the public into confusion. In 1847, the poet's wife died. Grief overwhelmed Poe and undermined his health. He passed away just two years later under mysterious circumstances: the writer was found delirious in a Baltimore tavern and died in hospital a few days later for an unknown reason.Edgar Poe, whose works were not highly appreciated by his compatriots during his lifetime, became the first American poet to become famous all over the world. He made an immeasurable contribution to the development of so-called Gothic literature, anticipated the literature of decadence and became the founder of detective stories. Poe's work has found a response among many famous writers such as Charles Baudelaire, Howard Lovecraft, Arthur Doyle, Alexander Blok and Valery Bryusov. This edition contains the complete collection of poems and poems by the great writer. Among them, his most famous poem is "The Raven" (1845), given in several translations, and Poe's most recent poem is "Annabel Lee" (1849), written presumably in memory of the poet's wife.The collection is decorated with delightful drawings by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944). This British artist, animator and book illustrator has gained worldwide fame. He illustrated the Arabian Nights fairy tales, as well as the works of Hans Christian Andersen, William Shakespeare and Charles Kingsley.