Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe

Klappentext Examines Poe's major writings in a variety of literary! cultural and political contexts. Zusammenfassung The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allen Poe consists of 14 essays by leading international scholars. It examines all of Poe's major writings! and places his work in a variety of literary! cultural and political contexts. It features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology of Poe's life; Introduction Kevin J. Hayes; 1. The Poet as critic Kent L. Jungquist; 2. Poe and his circle Sandra M. Tomc; 3. Poe's aesthetic theory Rachel Polonsky; 4. Poe's humor Daniel Royot; 5. Poe and the Gothic tradition Benjamin Franklin Fisher; 6. Poe, sensationalism, and slavery Teresa A. Goddu; 7. Extra! Extra! Poe invents Science Fiction! John Tresch; 8. Poe's Dupin and the power of detection Peter Thoms; 9. Poe's feminine ideal Karen Weekes; 10. A confused beginning: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket Geoffrey Sanborn; 11. Poe's 'constructiveness' and The Fall of the House of Usher Scott Peeples; 12. Two verse masterworks: 'The Raven' and 'Ulalume' Richard Kopley and Kevin J. Hayes; 13. Poe and popular culture Mark Neimeyer; 14. One-man modernist Kevin J. Hayes; Selected bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Hayes, Kevin J. Hayes
• Assisted by: Kevin J. Hayes (Editor), Kevin J. (University of Central Oklahoma) Hayes (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2002
• EAN: 9780521797276
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79727-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature; Cambridge companion; Cambridge companion
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies