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From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature. The journal has published the best work of literary historians, critics, and bibliographers, ranging from the founders of the discipline to the best current critics and researchers. The longevity of this excellence lends a special distinction to the articles in American Literature.
Presented in order of their first appearance, the articles in each volume constitute a revealing record of developing insights and important shifts of critical emphasis. Each article has opened a fresh line of inquiry, established a fresh perspective on a familiar topic, or settled a question that engaged the interest of experts.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Introduction vii
Poe and Phrenology (1930) / Edward Hungerford 1
Poe as Social Critic (1934) / Ernest Marchand 24
Edgar Allen Poe, Cryptographer (1936) / William F. Fiedman 40
Edgar Allen Poe: A Crisis in the History of American Obscurantism (1937) / Yvor Winters 55
Poe and the Chess Automaton (1939) / W. K. Wimsatt, Jr. 78
The Refrain in Poe's Poetry (1953) / Anthony Caputi 92
Poe and His Nemesis--Lewis Gaylord Clark (1956) / Sidney P. Moss 102
Poe as Literary Theorist: A Reappraisal (1961) / Emerson R. Marks 122
The Comic in Poe's Fiction (1962) / Stephen L. Mooney 133
Poe's "Metzengerstein": Not a Hoax (1971) / Benjamin F. Fisher 142
Poe's Sense of an Ending (1973) / Paul John Eakin 150
The Limits of Reason: Poe's Deluded Detectives (1975) / J. Gerald Kennedy 172
Usher's Hypochondriasis: Mental Alienation and Romantic Idealism in Poe's Gothic Tales (1976) / David W. Butler 185
Poe and the Theme of Forbidden Knowledge (1978) / Jules Zanger 197
"The
language of the cipher": Interpretation in "The Gold-Bug" (1982) / Michael Williams 208
The Psychology of "The Murders in the Rue Morge" (1982) / J. A. Leo Lemay 223
Poe's Re-Vision: The Recovery of the Second Story (1987) / Cynthia S. Jordan 247
Index 267
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Louis J. Budd in James B. Duke Professor, Emeritus, at Duke University.
Edwin H. Cady is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at Duke University. Both scholars have served as Managing Editor and Chair of the Board of Editors of American Literature.
