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Few people are even aware that Edgar Allan Poe had an elder brother. That he had, and that the relations of the two young poets were both interesting and romantic. William Henry Leonard Poe, the elder brother of Edgar Allan Poe, was also a poet. He did not live long enough to show whether he too, like his younger brother, might have too attained fame. His work, however, given a similarity in temperament and attitude, tend to throw a helpful light on one of the most obscure and mysterious passages in the life of a great poet. The material here collected therefore represents all the surviving prose and poetry by Poe''s brother - now representing the collected Poems of William Henry Leonard Poe, together with a short account of his tragic life, an early romance of Edgar Allan Poe and some other unknown incidents in the lives of the two Poe brothers ... with a preface, introduction, comment and facsimiles of newly discovered Poe documents. A true must-have for any collector, critic, or reader of the works of Poe.

Un romanzo intenso che immerge il lettore nell''atmosfera realistica della Guerra di Secessione americana, nota negli Stati Uniti come guerra civile americana, combattuta dal 12 aprile 1861 al 23 giugno 1865 Hervey Allen (Pittsburgh, 8 dicembre 1889 – Florida, 28 dicembre 1949) è stato uno scrittore statunitense. Dopo essersi laureato si recò in Europa, dove combatté nella prima guerra mondiale. Finita la guerra, tornò negli Stati Uniti e si dedicò alla scrittura di romanzi. Pubblicò anche una biografia di Edgar Allan Poe e curò più di un''edizione delle sue opere. Traduzione a cura di Alessandra Scalero

”Sandheden var, at i sit inderste sind var obersten pinligt berørt af krigen, og både af personlige og mere almene årsager. For det første var han ungkarl og stadig en absolut antagelig ægteskabskandidat. Han betragtede sig selv som en ret ung mand, og han var uden al tvivl en mand af ungdommelig livskraft. Det forklarede hans meget naturlige ønske om at kunne leve et naturligt mandsliv, inden det blev for sent. Ganske vist havde hverken tanker eller følelser samlet sig om nogen bestemt kvinde som livsledsagerske gennem en fremtids fredfyldte glæder. Han havde det indtryk, at mere end én nok var rede ... men krigen var uventet trukket ud år efter år.” Oberst Nat T. Franklin rider sydpå gennem 1860’ernes USA mod fronten, hvor han skal støde sig til sit regiment. Alt virker så fredeligt, at man nemt kunne glemme, at landet ligger i en blodig borgerkrig, og undervejs bliver den garvede soldat ledt på afveje af en sydstatskvinde, der allerede har mistet én mand til den endeløse krig. ”Det hændte ved Aquila” er en smuk historisk roman skrevet i 1938. Den skriver sig ind i samme stemning som ”Borte med blæsten” uden på samme måde at romantisere de gamle sydstater. Bogen er fuld af store følelser, spænding og grusomme krigsbilleder. Hervey Allen (1889-1949) var en amerikansk underviser, digter og forfatter. Han kæmpede i første verdenskrig, hvor han udover at at tjene som løjtnant også underviste franske soldater i engelsk. Gennem mange år underviste han i engelsk ved forskellige universiteter i USA, og i 1926 debuterede han som forfatter. Hervey Allen skrev inden for flere forskellige genrer, og hans bøger er udkommet i store dele af verden.

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Correspondence, 1921-49, with William Gerard Chapman, Elizabeth Brown Cutting, Alfred Jackson Hanna, Frank Lester Pleadwell, and others concerns publication of Allen''s works in the North American review, Pleadwell''s writings about Joseph Rodman Drake and Edward Coote Pinkney the sale of second serial rights to stories, and the death of Amy Lowell [23 items. holograph and typescript]--Photographs [n.d.] of Allen [4 items. black & white].

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