{"product_id":"book-279d","title":"The Poetic Principle","description":"\"The Poetic Principle\" is an essay by Edgar Allan Poe, written near the end of his life and published posthumously in 1850, the year after his death. It is a work of literary criticism, in which Poe presents his literary theory. It is based on a series of lectures Poe had given late in his lifetime. The essay argues that a poem should be written \"for a poem's sake\" and that the ultimate goal of art is aesthetic. He also argues against the concept of a long poem, saying that an epic, if it is to be worth anything, must instead be structured as a collection of shorter pieces, each of which is not too long to be read in a single sitting.","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67381275590960,"sku":"BD279d","price":3.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-279d","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}