The Philosophy of Composition by Charles Baudelaire, Henry Curwen, Edgar Allan Poe

The Philosophy of Composition

Charles Baudelaire, Henry Curwen, Edgar Allan Poe

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“The Philosophy of Composition” is a literary essay by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849). First published in 1846, it is about the mysteries of artistic creation. “Most writers—poets in especial—prefer having it understood that they compose by a specie...

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