{"product_id":"the-alone-poe-dark-romanticism-phone-case","title":"The Alone — Poe Dark Romanticism Phone Case","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoe wrote “Alone” around 1829 and kept it private for decades — it wasn’t published until 1875, nearly thirty years after his death. The poem reads like a confession he wasn’t ready to make publicly: that his difference wasn’t circumstantial. It was structural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdgar Allan Poe, “Alone” (written c. 1829, published 1875)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe design reads “lov’d” — not “loved.” That’s not a typo. It’s what Poe actually wrote in 1829, reproduced in facsimile in Scribner’s Monthly in 1875, and preserved by the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore as the historical text. Modern editors modernized the spelling. We didn’t.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“And all I lov’d—I lov’d alone—”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoe was around 20 when he wrote this and kept it to himself his entire life. It was found after his death in Lucy Holmes’s autograph album, in his handwriting — kept there for 26 years, the most nakedly personal thing he ever wrote. The “lov’d” is period-standard poetic contraction; the em dashes are his; the staircase the words make on the page is entirely intentional.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree lines in a descending staircase — “And all I lov’d—” \/ “I lov’d” \/ “alone—” — each stepping further right, the word “alone—” arriving at the end of its own indentation exactly where you’d expect it. The design moves the way the thought does: forward, and then further in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-alone-poe-dark-romanticism-t-shirt\"\u003eAlone Tee\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-alone-poe-the-raven-mug\"\u003eAlone Mug\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-alone-poe-dark-romanticism-journal\"\u003eAlone Journal\u003c\/a\u003e. More Poe: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/dream-within-a-dream-poe-dark-romanticism-t-shirt\"\u003eDream Within a Dream Tee\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-strangeness-poe-dark-romanticism-t-shirt\"\u003eThe Strangeness Tee\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Case\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTough dual-layer construction — flexible TPU inner layer, hard polycarbonate outer shell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull black back panel — sublimation edge to edge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eiPhone 11 through 17 — all models and sizes, select yours at checkout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaised edges protect the screen; precise cutouts for camera, buttons, and ports\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean with a damp cloth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInduction charging compatible — works with most wireless devices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCare note: keep away from liquids with high alcohol content and prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the design.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It’s For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe person who experiences things a half-step differently and has stopped apologizing for it. The Poe reader. The one who has loved something alone and understood that was the only way it could have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarry the alone. It was always yours.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEdgar Allan Poe, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 1809–1849, Boston to Baltimore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Alone” found after his death in Lucy Holmes’s autograph album — never published while he was alive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvented detective fiction with “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” (1841) — decades before Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore celebrated in France than America during his lifetime — Baudelaire translated him; Borges and Dostoevsky claimed him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDied at 40, found delirious in the street in Baltimore; the cause was never definitively established\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"iPhone 11","offer_id":42647138205790,"sku":"1506059_15392","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 11 Pro","offer_id":42647138238558,"sku":"1506059_15393","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","offer_id":42647138271326,"sku":"1506059_15394","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 mini","offer_id":42647138304094,"sku":"1506059_15396","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12","offer_id":42647138336862,"sku":"1506059_15395","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 Pro","offer_id":42647138369630,"sku":"1506059_15397","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 Pro Max","offer_id":42647138402398,"sku":"1506059_15398","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 mini","offer_id":42647138435166,"sku":"1506059_15400","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13","offer_id":42647138467934,"sku":"1506059_15399","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 Pro","offer_id":42647138500702,"sku":"1506059_15401","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","offer_id":42647138533470,"sku":"1506059_15402","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14","offer_id":42647138566238,"sku":"1506059_16125","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Plus","offer_id":42647138599006,"sku":"1506059_16129","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Pro","offer_id":42647138631774,"sku":"1506059_16127","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Pro Max","offer_id":42647138664542,"sku":"1506059_16131","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15","offer_id":42647138697310,"sku":"1506059_17715","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Plus","offer_id":42647138730078,"sku":"1506059_17717","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Pro","offer_id":42647138762846,"sku":"1506059_17719","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","offer_id":42647138795614,"sku":"1506059_17721","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16","offer_id":42647138828382,"sku":"1506059_20306","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Plus","offer_id":42647138861150,"sku":"1506059_20307","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Pro","offer_id":42647138893918,"sku":"1506059_20308","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Pro Max","offer_id":42647138926686,"sku":"1506059_20309","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17","offer_id":42647138959454,"sku":"1506059_33989","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Air","offer_id":42647138992222,"sku":"1506059_33990","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Pro","offer_id":42647139024990,"sku":"1506059_33991","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Pro Max","offer_id":42647139057758,"sku":"1506059_33992","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/The_Alone_Phone_Case_Edgar_Allan_Poe.png?v=1776232575","url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/the-alone-poe-dark-romanticism-phone-case","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}