Edgar Allan Poe Revisited

by Peeples, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780805745726
• ISBN10: 0805745726
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Twayne Pub

Summary

Twayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works.

Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work.

Each volume features:

-- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works

-- A brief biography of the author

-- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context

-- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index

-- A readable style presented in a manageable length

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(4)
Chronology	xiii
Chapter One "I Have Dreamed of Joy Departed": 1809-1831	1	(28)
Chapter Two "Neither in nor out of Blackwood": 1832-1838	29	(26)
Chapter Three Black and White and Re(a)d All Over: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym	55	(19)
Chapter Four Double Vision and Single Effect: 1839-1844	74	(32)
Chapter Five Betting Your Head, Getting Ahead	106	(27)
Chapter Six "At Length I Would Be Avenged": 1845-1849	133	(27)
Chapter Seven The Universe of Art	160	(17)
Notes and References	177	(19)
Selected Bibliography	196	(9)
Index	205