Poe and the Printed Word

Klappentext Kevin Hayes examines the impact of nineteenth-century print culture on Edgar Allan Poe's work. Zusammenfassung Kevin Hayes reappraises Edgar Allan Poe's work in the context of nineteenth-century print culture. Beginning with Poe's early exposure to the printed word! and ending with the ambitious magazine and book projects of his final years! this study is part biography! part literary history and part history of the book. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The student and the book; 2. Poetry in manuscript and print; 3. Baltimore book culture; 4. Booksellers' banquet; 5. The novel; 6. Poe's library; 7. Cheap books and expensive magazines; 8. The road to Literary America; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin J. Hayes, Kevin J. (University of Central Oklahoma) Hayes, Hayes Kevin J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521109628
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10962-8
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies