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A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe (Historical Guides to American Authors)

By J. Gerald Kennedy

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
019512149X, 9780195121490, 9781423757658
LCC
PS2638 .H54 2001
Open Library ID
OL6777998M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13170123 bytes)
Pages
256\256
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 19:45:58

Description

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), son of itinerant actors, holds a secure place in the firmament of history as America's first master of suspense. Displaying scant interest in native scenes or materials, Edgar Allan Poe seems the most un-American of American writers during the era of literary nationalism; yet he was at the same time a pragmatic magazinist, fully engaged in popular culture and intensely concerned with the "republic of letters" in the United States. This Historical Guide contains an introduction that considers the tensions between Poe's "otherworldly" settings and his historically marked representations of violence, as well as a capsule biography situating Poe in his historical context. The subsequent essays in this book cover such topics as Poe and the American Publishing Industry, Poe's Sensationalism, his relationships to gender constructions, and Poe and American Privacy. The volume also includes a bibliographic essay, a chronology of Poe's life, a bibliography, illustrations, and an index.

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