Poe's difference /
"Poe's Difference argues that Poe has much more in common with early American, medieval, and ancient writers than with the modern and post-modern ones with whom the writer is so often associated. R.C. De Prospo emphasizes Poe's anachronisms to make a number of theoretical, pedagogical...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.,
[2019]
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| Summary: | "Poe's Difference argues that Poe has much more in common with early American, medieval, and ancient writers than with the modern and post-modern ones with whom the writer is so often associated. R.C. De Prospo emphasizes Poe's anachronisms to make a number of theoretical, pedagogical, literary historical, and political claims about the backwardness of antebellum US culture generally. Some time ago Michael Colacurcio issued the challenge: 'the full case for the Puritan character of Poe's 'horror' remains to be made.' Although going back a good deal further than just to the 'Puritans,' Poe's Difference aspires fully to make precisely this case"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 191 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781433169328 1433169320 |