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Informationen zum Autor J. Gerald Kennedy is Professor of English at Louisiana State University. He was a consultant and on-camera authority on Poe in the television special, "The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe," for Arts & Entertainment cable channel (Biography series). Klappentext Displaying scant interest in native scenes or materials, Poe seems the most un-American of American writers during an era of literary nationalism; yet he was at the same time a pragmatic magazinist, fully engaged in popular culture and intensely concerned with the "republic of letters" in the United States. This volume contains an introduction that considers the tension between Poe's "otherwordly" settings and his historically marked representations of violence, as well as a capsule biography situating Poe in his historical context. The historical essays in this book cover such topics as Poe and the American Publishing Industry. Poe's Sensationalism, Poe's relationship to gender constructions, and Poe and American Privacy. the volume also includes a bibliographic essay, a chronology of Poe life, a bibliography, illustrations, and an index. Zusammenfassung Contains an introduction that considers the tension between Poe's "otherworldly" settings and his historically marked representations of violence. This book covers topics such as Poe and the American Publishing Industry, Poe's Sensationalism, Poe's relationship to gender constructions, and Poe and American Privacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Poe in Our Time J Gerald Kennedy Edgar Allan Poe: A brief Biography J Gerald Kennedy Poe and the American Publishing Industry Terence Whalen Spanking the Master: Mind-Body Crossings in POe's Sensationalism David Leverenz Poe and Nineteenth-Century Gender Constructions Leland S Person Poe and the Issue of American Privacy Louis A Renza Bibliographic Essay Scott Peeples Illustrated Chronology Bibliography Index
