FIRE-FIEND & the RAVEN sc, 1973, Gardette, Edgar Allan Poe,

Name of Book/Title?: The FIRE-FIEND & the RAVEN : A story behind the a literary hoax...(Softcover book/Magazine-size)...(Limited, Signed & Numbered by both the Illustrator ' Stephen Fabian' and the Publisher).....

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Publisher: Gerry de la Ree......

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Art by/Featuring/Stories?: Featuring the Fire-Fiend and the Raven that is limited to 450 copies that are Signed and Numbered by both Gerry de la Ree the publisher and the illustrator, Stephen Fabian...#303/450......"The Story behind 'The Fire-Fiend and the Raven'...Edgar Allan Poe had been dead 10 years when his 'final poem' was written. This was 'The Fire-Fiend' and its author was a 29-year-old Philadelphian named Charles Desmarais Gardette...It was early Nov of 1859 that Gardette, later by his own admission, wrote a poem in the general style of 'The Raven'. 'A discussion took place between a literary friend and myself,' he explained five years later, 'on the subject of Poe's poetic genius. In the course of this discussion, my friend maintained that Poe's marked originality of style, both in thought and expression, rendered difficult almost to impossibility a successful imitation of him.. I denied this, and contended that this very peculiarity made such imitation facile; and that, generally, the more marked and singular the style of a writer, the easier it was to produce a lieterary conunterfeit of his productions'..." Gardette then sent this poem in to the New York Saturday Press and it was published as a long lost Poe poem, then other publications pick up on the poem and also attribute it to Poe and the hoax was born...Lots more details in the book....

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Grade of item? : This item is in FINE (unread) condition in book terms, or NEAR MINT condition (unread) in comic terms...

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Created when? : 1973.......

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Front Cover description : Brand new....

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Back Cover description : Brand new....

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Page quality description : Brand new......

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Tape or writing?: No....

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How are staples?: Staples are secure....

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Flat & supple : Yes....

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Don't get caught napping..Will come bagged & boarded...

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