Poe [[electronic resource] /] / James M. Hutchisson

• Autore: Hutchisson James M
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 818/.309
• Soggetto topico: Authors, American - 19th century; Critics - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Childhood : Boston, Richmond, England (1809-1825) -- The byronic youth : university, the army, and West Point (1826-1830) -- Baltimore : early tales and satires (1831-1834) -- Return to Richmond : marriage, the Southern Literary Messenger, and The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1835-1837) -- Philadelphia : Burton's Gentleman's magazine and the great tales (1838-1840) -- Graham's magazine, "The Penn," and The red death (1841-1843) -- New York : triumphs and troubles, "The raven" and the Longfellow war (1844-1845) -- Quarrels, loves, and losses (1846-1848) -- The journey and the lighthouse (1849).
• Sommario/riassunto: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American original-a luminous literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst par excellence of human obsession and compulsion. The scope of his literary achievements and the dramatic character of Poe's life have drawn readers and critics to him in droves. And yet, upon his death, one obituary penned by a literary enemy in the New York Daily Tribune cascaded into a lasting stain on Poe's character, leaving a historic misunderstanding. Many remember Poe as a difficult, self-pitying, troubled drunkard often incapable of caring for himself. Poe reclaims the
• Titolo autorizzato: Poe
• ISBN: 1-283-43459-8; 9786613434593; 1-60473-653-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810109203321
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