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Literary Criticism in Perspective Ser.: Afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe by Scott Peeples (2007, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBoydell & Brewer, Incorporated
ISBN-101571133577
ISBN-139781571133571
eBay Product ID (ePID)54238715
Product Key Features
Number of Pages211 Pages
Publication NameAfterlife of Edgar Allan Poe
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectAmerican / General, Literary
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorScott Peeples
SeriesLiterary Criticism in Perspective Ser.
FormatPerfect
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsWinner of the Poe Studies Association's 2004 Patrick F. Quinn Award for a Distinguished Book of Poe Scholarship Poe is probably the US's most well-known and misunderstood author. This book helps readers see the forces contributing to his complexity. CHOICE If any study can achieve the goal of reaching all possible readers interested in knowing what has gone on in Poe studies, this one will do the job. AMERICAN LITERATURE, Peeples, president of the Poe Studies Association in the United States, chooses a perfect framework for a study of Poe. Poe did not really become the Poe we know until after his death. Peeples expertly examines responses to Poe's writings as well as his life in the century and a half since his death. His chapter on Poe's death, and the way it has been perceived, stands among the very best texts on the subject. THE GUARDIAN [Matthew Pearl] Winner of the Poe Studies Association's 2004 Patrick F. Quinn Award for a Distinguished Book of Poe Scholarship Poe is probably the US's most well-known and misunderstood author. This book helps readers see the forces contributing to his complexity. CHOICE If any study can achieve the goal of reaching all possible readers interested in knowing what has gone on in Poe studies, this one will do the job. AMERICAN LITERATURE [A]n impressively learned and thoughtful account. THE EDGAR ALLAN POE REVIEW, Poe is probably the US's most well-known and misunderstood author. This book helps readers see the forces contributing to his complexity., If any study can achieve the goal of reaching all possible readers interested in knowing what has gone on in Poe studies, this one will do the job., Peeples, president of the Poe Studies Association in the United States, chooses a perfect framework for a study of Poe. Poe did not really become the Poe we know until after his death. Peeples expertly examines responses to Poe's writings as well as his life in the century and a half since his death. His chapter on Poe's death, and the way it has been perceived, stands among the very best texts on the subject.
Series Volume Number60
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal818/.309
Original LanguageEnglish
Table Of ContentPrefaceThe Man That Was Used Up: Poe's Place in American Literature, 1849-1909A Dream Within a Dream: Poe and PsychoanalysisOut of Space, Out of Time: From Early Formalism to DeconstructionThe Man of the Crowd: The Socio-Historical PoeLionizing: Poe as Cultural SignifierAfterword: Loss of Breath: Writing Poe's Last DaysA Selected List of Works by PoeWorks CitedIndex
SynopsisControversies abound in studies of Edgar Allan Poe. From the time of his death well into the twentieth century, partisans debated the issue of his character: was he an alcoholic? drug addict? pathological liar? necrophile? In the 1920s and 30s, psychoanalytic critics sought to divorce the study of Poe from Victorian moral concerns but in the process made scandalous claims by linking Poe's dream-like stories to his personality. The status of Poe's literary productions was similarly disputed; dismissed by the New Critics but championed by poets such as William Carlos Williams and Allen Tate. Recent scholars have debated the meaning and significance of Poe's representations of race, class, and gender, often returning to the character issue: how racist and misogynist was he, and how important are those questions to understanding his work? Finally, how have the seemingly countless plays, films, novels, comic books, and pop music experiments based on his image and works intertwined with academic study of Poe? This book examines these and other controversies, shedding light on broader issues of canon formation, the role of biography in literary study, and the importance of integrating various, even conflicting interpretations into one's own reading of a literary work. This book will be of great interest to Poe scholars, both those who have been a part of the literary battles described above and newcomers to the field who can use the book as a guide to the field of Poe studies, and to all those interested in Poe and his work. Scott Peeples is Associate Professor of English at the College of Charleston., Controversies abound in studies of Edgar Allan Poe. From the time of his death well into the twentieth century, partisans debated the issue of his character: was he an alcoholic? drug addict? pathological liar? necrophile? In the 1920s and 30s, psychoanalytic critics sought to divorce the study of Poe from Victorian moral concerns but in the process made scandalous claims by linking Poe's dream-like stories to his personality. The status of Poe's literary productions was similarly disputed; dismissed by the New Critics but championed by poets such as William Carlos Williams and Allen Tate. Recent scholars have debated the meaning and significance of Poe's representations of race, class, and gender, often returning to the character issue: how racist and misogynist was he, and how important are those questions to understanding his work? Finally, how have the seemingly countless plays, films, novels, comic books, and pop music experiments based on his image and works intertwined with academic study of Poe? This book examines these and other controversies, shedding light on broader issues of canon formation, the role of biography in literary study, and the importance of integrating various, even conflicting interpretations into one's own reading of a literary work. This book will be of great interest to Poe scholars, both those who have been a part of the literary battles described above and newcomers to the field who can use the book as a guide to the field of Poe studies, and to all those interested in Poe and his work. Scott Peeples is associate professor of English at the College of Charleston., A study of the controversy-filled scholarship on Poe from the time of his death to the present. Controversies abound in studies of Edgar Allan Poe. From the time of his death well into the twentieth century, partisans debated the issue of his character: was he an alcoholic? drug addict? pathological liar? necrophile? In the1920s and 30s, psychoanalytic critics sought to divorce the study of Poe from Victorian moral concerns but in the process made scandalous claims by linking Poe's dream-like stories to his personality. The status of Poe's literaryproductions was similarly disputed; dismissed by the New Critics but championed by poets such as William Carlos Williams and Allen Tate. Recent scholars have debated the meaning and significance of Poe's representations of race, class, and gender, often returning to the character issue: how racist and misogynist was he, and how important are those questions to understanding his work? Finally, how have the seemingly countless plays, films, novels, comic books, and pop music experiments based on his image and works intertwined with academic study of Poe? This book examines these and other controversies, shedding light on broader issues of canon formation, the role of biography in literary study, and the importance of integrating various, even conflicting interpretations into one's own reading of a literary work. This book will be of great interest to Poe scholars, both those who have been a part of the literary battles described above and newcomers to the field who can use the book as a guide to the field of Poe studies, and to all those interested in Poe and his work. Scott Peeples is Associate Professor of English at theCollege of Charleston.
LC Classification NumberPS2612
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