A historical guide to Edgar Allan Poe / / edited by J. Gerald Kennedy [[electronic resource]]

• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 818/.309
• Soggetto topico: Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century; Literature
• Persona (resp. second.): KennedyJ. Gerald
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2001.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Poe in Our Time -- Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849: A Brief Biography -- POE IN HIS TIME -- Poe and the American Publishing Industry -- Spanking the Master: Mind-Body Crossings in Poe's Sensationalism -- Poe and Nineteenth-Century Gender Constructions -- Poe and the Issue of American Privacy -- Illustrated Chronology -- Bibliographical Essay: Major Editions and Landmarks of Poe Scholarship -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A historical guide to Edgar Allan Poe
• ISBN: 0-19-772446-9; 1-280-52996-2; 0-19-972813-5; 1-60256-656-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814171603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Historical guides to American authors.; Oxford scholarship online.