in gustave dor one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century edgar allan poes renowned poem the raven found perhaps its most perfect artistic interpreter dors dreamlike otherworldly style tinged with melancholy seems ideally matched to the bleak despair of poes celebrated work among the most popular american poems ever writtenthis volume reprints all 26 of dors detailed masterly engravings from a rare 19thcentury edition of the poem relevant lines from the poem are printed on facing pages and the complete text is also included admirers of dor will find ample evidence here of his characteristic ability to capture the mood and meaning of a work of literature in striking imagery lovers of the raven will delight in seeing its mournful musing on love and loss given dramatic pictorial form