LENORE (1886)
"Illustrated" books for short stories or poems were a big thing in the 1880s.
Another one I found posted online was done for one of Poe's lesser-known poems...
"LENORE"
Starting life under the title "A PAEAN", Poe revised this poem several times until its final form, so that it is usually listed as a separate work.
The theme of the death of a beautiful woman is a common one for Poe, and also turns up in other poems including "ANNABEL LEE", "EULALIE", "THE RAVEN", "ULALUME", and his short stories "BERENIE", "ELEONORA", and "MORELLA".
The scans for this were so nice, I knew I had to set up a page for it. Together with "THE BELLS" (which I actually bought a cheap copy of), this in turn inspired me to do more research and decide to set up MORE such pages, and even look to buy a couple more books.
A very special "THANK YOU!" to "Alexander", at the Book Graphics blog, for posting these wonderful images.
Oddly enough, as of 4-28-2018, this is the ONLY illustrated version of this poem
I have found!
ENJOY!
LENORE
cover by HENRY SANDHAM (Estes & Lauriat / Boston / 1886)
Art by HENRY SANDHAM, A.R.A.
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Scans of "LENORE" (1886) from the Book Graphics blog,
with special thanks to "Alexander".
Scans of other editions from the Ebay and Abe Books sites.
Photo of Henry Sandham from the Dictionary Of Canadian Biography site.
Restorations by Henry R. Kujawa
For more:
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at The Poe Museum site.
Read about Edgar Allan Poe at the Biography site.
Read about Henry Sandham at the Dictionary Of Canadian Biography site.
Read about Henry Sandham at the Ask Art site.
Read about Lenore at the Poem Analysis site.
Read the complete poem at The Literature Network site.
See the LENORE Gallery of Illustrations.
Audio / Video:
See the Arron Quinn LENORE animated cartoon.
Comics:
Read the Henry Sandham LENORE illustrated poem.
See the CHRONOLOGICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
See the ALPHABETICAL list of Edgar Allan Poe stories!
Don't miss the BONUS GALLERY of ILLUSTRATIONS up next!
(Continued in Poe 1886, Pt.2)
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