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A historical guide to Edgar Allan Poe /
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), son of itinerant actors, holds a secure place in the firmament of history as America's first master of suspense. Displaying scant interest in native scenes or materials, Edgar Allan Poe seems the most un-American of American writers during the era of literarynationa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Colección: | Historical guides to American authors.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), son of itinerant actors, holds a secure place in the firmament of history as America's first master of suspense. Displaying scant interest in native scenes or materials, Edgar Allan Poe seems the most un-American of American writers during the era of literarynationalism; yet he was at the same time a pragmatic magazinist, fully engaged in popular culture and intensely concerned with the ""republic of letters"" in the United States. This Historical Guide contains an introduction that considers the tensions between Poe's ""otherworldly"" settings and hishistorically |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 247 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199728138 0199728135 9780195121490 019512149X 9780195121506 0195121503 1423757653 9781423757658 9786610529964 6610529965 |