Gender and the Poetics of Reception in Poe''s Circle

Klappentext Richards revises the prevailing portrayal of Poe as an isolated idiosyncratic genius, showing how he worked with contemporary female poets. Zusammenfassung Poe is frequently portrayed as an isolated idiosyncratic genius who was unwilling or unable to adapt himself to the cultural conditions of his time. In this text! Eliza Richards revises this portrayal through an exploration of his collaborations and rivalries with his female contemporaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on texts used; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. 'The Poetess' and Poe's performance of the feminine; 2. Frances Sargent Osgood, Salon poetry, and the erotic voice print; 3. Sarah Helen Whitman, spiritualist poetics, and the 'Phantom Voice' of Poe; 4. Elizabeth Oakes Smith's 'Unspeakable Eloquence'; Coda: the raven's return.

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• Authors: Richards, Eliza Richards, Eliza (Boston University) Richards
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9780521174398
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17439-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies