The Cambridge introduction to Edgar Allan Poe /

The Cambridge introduction to Edgar Allan Poe /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Fisher, Benjamin Franklin.
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 136 pages)
Language:English
Series:The Cambridge introductions to literature
Cambridge introductions to literature.
Subject:
Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814373
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Varying Form of Title:Edgar Allan Poe
ISBN:9780511429057
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-130) and index.
Summary:Offers an overview of Poe's life, works, contexts and reception.
Other form:Print version. Fisher, Benjamin Franklin. Cambridge introduction to Edgar Allan Poe. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521859677
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1. Life
  • 2. Contexts
  • The historical context
  • The American context
  • The context of slavery
  • Gender and sexuality
  • The graphic context
  • The urban context
  • The medical-scientific context
  • The psychological context
  • The existentialist-modernist context
  • 3. Works
  • Poetry
  • The fiction : tales
  • The novels and Eureka
  • The criticism
  • 4. Reception
  • Notes
  • A guide to further reading
  • Index.

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