A Dream Within a Dream
Original publications, early forms, manuscript evidence and reusable reading texts for building the project’s own source pages.
Read the 1849 base text · Compare the publication history
Preserved publications
First printing: The Flag of Our Union
One complete page at the supplied 3000 × 3845 resolution. Poem at upper right. Not a complete newspaper issue; catalog metadata identifies date/issue.
Tamerlane and Other Poems
48 library canvases include covers/blanks. Filenames are scan order, not printed page numbers. Imitation is on images 033–034 (printed pp. 29–30).
Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, volume II
512 PDF pages. Printed p. 40 is PDF page 50. Embedded PDF text has encoding problems; use separate OCR as a search aid and the clean text for the poem. OCR is uncorrected.
The Bookman, January 1909 — manuscript facsimile
44 PDF pages. Printed p. 190 is PDF page 30. This is a printed facsimile of the circa-1849 manuscript, not a modern photograph of the manuscript. Microfilm quality and OCR errors remain.
Whitty’s Complete Poems — textual witness and notes
406 PDF pages. Printed p. 123 is PDF page 219; notes begin printed p. 273 (PDF page 369). A later editorial witness, not an original 1849 proof sheet.
To —— —— — 1829 precursor
No original 1829 scan in this kit.
Tamerlane, section XXIV — 1831 precursor
Only section XXIV is transcribed; no original 1831 scan in this kit.