The Philosophy of Composition

1846 essay written by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Philosophy of Composition
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The Philosophy of Composition

Summary

The Philosophy of Composition is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Philosophy of Composition authored Edgar Allan Poe[3].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's image is recorded as The Philosophy of Composition.jpg[4].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's genre is recorded as essay[6].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's language of work or name is recorded as American English[7].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's publication date is recorded as +1846-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03n77t[10].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's Open Library ID is recorded as OL14037053M[11].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's has edition or translation is recorded as Q19183741[12].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's has edition or translation is recorded as Q121267619[13].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's main subject is recorded as literary composing[14].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's work available at URL is recorded as https://catalog.hathitrust.org./Record/100481999[15].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Charles Dickens, in a note now lying before me, alluding to an examination I once made of the mechanism of “Barnaby Rudge,” says — “By the way, are you aware that Godwin wrote his ‘Caleb Williams’ backwards? He first involved his hero in a web of difficulties, forming the second volume, and then, for the first, cast about him for some mode of accounting for what had been done.”'}[16].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The reader begins now to regard the Raven as emblematical — but it is not until the very last line of the very last stanza that the intention of making him emblematical of Mournful and never ending Remembrance is permitted distinctly to be seen: “And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting, / […] / Shall be lifted — nevermore.”'}[17].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's Quora topic ID is recorded as The-Philosophy-of-Composition[18].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's FantLab work ID is recorded as 8761[21].
  • The Philosophy of Composition's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 46075318[22].

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Works and Contributions

The Philosophy of Composition authored Edgar Allan Poe[3].

Why It Matters

The Philosophy of Composition ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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