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About the book
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Philosophy of Composition" is a literary essay (1809-1849). It is about the secrets of creative production and was first published in 1846. "Most authors, especially poets, wish it to be recognized that they produce via a beautiful frenzy—an ecstatic intuition..." In addition, this edition includes a lengthy essay on Poe's life and career written in 1852 by French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867). Henry Curwen (1845-1892) translated the essay into English in 1873.
