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9780521797276

The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521797276

  • ISBN10:

    0521797276

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-05-27
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This Companion consists of 14 essays by leading international scholars. They provide a series of new perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. Specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, the essays examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stores and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. This volume will be of interest to scholars as well as students. It features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
xi
List of contributors
xii
Chronology of Poe's life xv
List of short titles and abbreviations
xx
Introduction 1(6)
Kevin J. Hayes
The poet as critic
7(14)
Kent Ljungquist
Poe and his circle
21(21)
Sandra M. Tomc
Poe's aesthetic theory
42(15)
Rachel Polonsky
Poe's humor
57(15)
Daniel Royot
Poe and the Gothic tradition
72(20)
Benjamin Franklin Fisher
Poe, sensationalism, and slavery
92(21)
Teresa A. Goddu
Extra! Extra! Poe invents science fiction!
113(20)
John Tresch
Poe's Dupin and the power of detection
133(15)
Peter Thoms
Poe's feminine ideal
148(15)
Karen Weekes
A confused beginning: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket
163(15)
Geoffrey Sanborn
Poe's ``constructiveness'' and ``The Fall of the House of Usher''
178(13)
Scott Peeples
Two verse masterworks: ``The Raven'' and ``Ulalume''
191(14)
Richard Kopley
Kevin J. Hayes
Poe and popular culture
205(20)
Mark Neimeyer
One-man modernist
225(16)
Kevin J. Hayes
Select bibliography 241(6)
Index 247

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