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Walt Whitman

August Nemo

Welcome to the Masters of Poetry book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors.

Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work.

This edition is dedicated to the American poet, essayist, and journalist, Walt Whitman. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sensuality. This book contains the following writings:

Biografical: A wordlet about Whitman by Henry A. Beers; Whitman by John Burroughs.
Poetry: Leaves of Grass; Drum Taps.
Prose: Specimen Days.
Tributes by other authors: W. W. by Edmund Clarence Stedman; Walt Whitman by Jaroslav Vrchlický; Sincere Flattery of W. W. by J.K.S. 

If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

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Masters of Poetry: Walt Whitman

Edgar Allan Poe

Welcome to the Masters of Poetry book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors. Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work. This edition is dedicated to the American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. 

He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and of American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. He is also generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. Poe was the first well-known American writer to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career. 

This book contains the following writings: Biografical: Texts by John H. Ingram; Rufus Wilmot Griswold; N. P. Willis and Sarah Helen Whitman. Poetry: Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems; Poems of later life; Poems of Manhood. Prose: 7 best short stories by Edgar Allan Poe. Non-Fiction: The Philosophy of Furniture; Maelzel's Chess-Player; A Few Words on Secret Writing; The Philosophy of Composition. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Masters of Poetry - Edgar Allan Poe

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Welcome to the Masters of Poetry book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors. Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work. This edition is dedicated to the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. 

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets, widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric and philosophical poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not see fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death. 

This book contains the following writings: Biographical: Biographical commentary by Mary Shelley, George Edward Woodberry and John Addington Symonds. Poetry: Includes over 20 selected poems, including Ozymandias, Mont Blanc, To a Skylark and Mutability. Prose: The Necessity of Atheism; On "Frankenstein"; On the Devil, and Devils; A Defence of Poetry. Letters: Includes letters from Shelley to his contemporaries. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Masters of Poetry - Percy Shelley

Emily Dickinson

Welcome to the Masters of Poetry book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors. Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work. This edition is dedicated to the American poet Emily Dickinson. Emily Dickinson was a reclusive American poet. Unrecognized in her own time, Dickinson is known posthumously for her innovative use of form and syntax. She is known for her poignant and compressed verse, which profoundly influenced the direction of 20th-century poetry. 

This book contains the following writings: Biographical: Critical and biographical commentaries by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd. Poetry: Over 50 selected poems, including Success is counted sweetest, I'm nobody! Who are you?, and Hope is the thing with feathers. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Masters of Poetry - Emily Dickinson

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Welcome to the Masters of Poetry book series, a selection of the best works by noteworthy authors. Literary critic August Nemo selects the most important writings of each author. A selection based on the author's novels, short stories, letters, essays and biographical texts. Thus providing the reader with an overview of the author's life and work. This edition is dedicated to the American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. Paul Laurence Dunbar was a poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child; he was president of his high school's literary society. Dunbar's work was praised by William Dean Howells, a leading editor associated with the Harper's Weekly, and Dunbar was one of the first African-American writers to establish an international reputation. 

This book contains the following writings: Biographical: Biographical commentary by Benjamin Brawley and W. D. Howells. Poetry: Over 20 selected poems, including The Haunted Oak, The Corn-Stalk Fiddle and Invitation to Love. Prose works: Representative American Negroes and more 7 short stories. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

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