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Illustration of Nesace for "Al Aaraaf" by W. Heath Robinson
Nesace is one of the more prominent characters featured in Edgar Allan Poe's early epic poem Al Aaraaf, which came out in 1829 in the poetry anthology Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems. Together with Tamerlane, Al Aaraaf is Poe's most extensive poem. It received mostly negative reviews for its complexity, obscure references, and odd structure.
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Description
Nesace is the ruler of the "anchored realm" that is Al Aaraaf, a Purgatory of sorts set between Heaven and Hell. She receives little to no description within the poem - she is said to have "angel limbs", a "gentle waist" and "golden hair"[1]. Common interpretation has her as being the embodiment of Beauty, a common theme in Poe's works[2].
Role in Al Aaraaf
After pacing around the gardens of Al Aaraaf, Nesace is contacted by God in the first part of the poem and is asked to rally the inhabitants of the place so that they will be admitted in Heaven. The second part of the poem has Nesace rising the angel Ligeia, and through her rousing the many Seraphs and other angelical creatures that dwell in Al Aaraaf. Two of them - Angelo and Ianthe - fail to respond to Ligeia's calling, which results in their remaining in Al Aaraaf.
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Works of Edgar Allan Poe Tales - Metzengerstein (1832)
- The Duc De L'Omelette (1832)
- A Tale of Jerusalem (1832)
- Loss of Breath (1832)
- Bon-Bon (1832)
- MS. Found in a Bottle (1833)
- The Assignation (1834)
- Berenice (1835)
- Morella (1835)
- Lionizing (1835)
- The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall (1835)
- King Pest (1835)
- Shadow – A Parable (1835)
- Four Beasts in One – The Homo-Cameleopard (1836)
- Mystification (1837)
- Silence – A Fable (1837)
- Ligeia (1838)
- How to Write a Blackwood Article (1838)
- A Predicament (1838)
- The Devil in the Belfry (1839)
- The Man That Was Used Up (1839)
- The Fall of the House of Usher (1839)
- William Wilson (1839)
- The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion (1839)
- Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling (1840)
- The Business Man (1840)
- The Man of the Crowd (1840)
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841)
- A Descent into the Maelström (1841)
- The Island of the Fay (1841)
- The Colloquy of Monos and Una (1841)
- Never Bet the Devil Your Head (1841)
- Eleonora (1841)
- Three Sundays in a Week (1841)
- The Oval Portrait (1842)
- The Masque of the Red Death (1842)
- The Landscape Garden (1842)
- The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1842)
- The Pit and the Pendulum (1842)
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
- The Gold-Bug (1843)
- The Black Cat (1843)
- Diddling (1843)
- The Spectacles (1844)
- A Tale of the Ragged Mountains (1844)
- The Premature Burial (1844)
- Mesmeric Revelation (1844)
- The Oblong Box (1844)
- The Angel of the Odd (1844)
- Thou Art the Man (1844)
- The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. (1844)
- The Purloined Letter (1844)
- The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade (1845)
- Some Words with a Mummy (1845)
- The Power of Words (1845)
- The Imp of the Perverse (1845)
- The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1845)
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar (1845)
- The Sphinx (1846)
- The Cask of Amontillado (1846)
- The Domain of Arnheim (1847)
- Mellonta Tauta (1849)
- Hop-Frog (1849)
- Von Kempelen and His Discovery (1849)
- X-ing a Paragrab (1849)
- Landor's Cottage (1849)
Other works Essays- Maelzel's Chess Player (1836)
- The Daguerreotype (1840)
- The Philosophy of Furniture (1840)
- A Few Words on Secret Writing (1841)
- The Rationale of Verse (1843)
- Morning on the Wissahiccon (1844)
- Old English Poetry (1845)
- The Philosophy of Composition (1846)
- The Poetic Principle (1846)
- Eureka: A Prose Poem (1848)
Hoax- The Balloon-Hoax (1844)
NovelsPlay- Politian (1835)
Other- The Conchologist's First Book (1839)
- The Light-House (1849)
Categories:- Poetry by Edgar Allan Poe
- 1829 works
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