J. Gerald (Hrsg.) Kennedy

A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe

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Displaying scant interest in native scenes or materials, Edgar Allan Poe seems the most un-American of American writers during the 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 Historical Guide contains an introduction that considers the tensions 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 subsequent essays in this book cover such topics as Poe and the American Publishing Ind… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-512150-6
EAN: 9780195121506
Produktnummer: 22685056
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H20.9 cm x B13.8 cm x D2.0 cm 324 g
Abbildungen: 24 halftones
Gewicht: 324

Über den 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).