Edgar Allan Poe - Beyond Gothicism

Most frequently regarded as a writer of the supernatural, Poe was actually among the most versatile of American authors, writing social satire, comic hoaxes, mystery stories, science fiction, prose poems, literary criticism and theory, and even a play. As a journalist and editor, Poe was closely in touch with the social, political, and cultural trends of nineteenth-century America. In Edgar Allan Poe: Beyond Gothicism, twelve authors examine this "other" Poe.

List of contents

1 Introduction 2 "Poe's 'Philosophy of Furniture' and the Aesthetics of Fictional Design" 3 Race, Pirates, and Intellect: A Reading of Poe's "The Gold Bug" 4 Storytelling, Narrative Authority, and Death in "The Thousand and Second Tale of Scheherazade" 5 The Man in the Text: Reading Masculinity in "The Man That Was Used Up," "The Man of the Crowd," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" 6 Gothic DisPLACEments: Poe's South in Politian 7 Poe in the Ragged Mountains: Environmental History and Romantic Aesthetics 8 "King Pest" and the Tales of the Folio Club 9 Understanding "Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling" 10 "Eyes which Behold": Poe's "Domain of Arnheim" and the Science of Vision 11 "A Species of Literature Almost Beneath Contempt": Edgar Allan Poe and the World of Literary Competitions 12 Poe's Early Criticism of American Fiction:The Southern Literary Messenger and the Fiction of Robert Montgomery Bird 13 Mad Ravings, Sound Philosophy, and Poe's Review of Elizabeth Barrett Browning 14 General Bibliography 15 Index

About the author

James M. Hutchisson is professor of American and Southern literature and director of graduate study in English at the Citadel.

Product details

• Authors: James M Hutchisson, James M. Hutchisson, Hutchisson James M.
• Assisted by: James M. Hutchisson (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.06.2013
• EAN: 9781611494761
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-476-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, American Literature;Literary Studies