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Edgar Allan Poe in Context.
These accessible essays provide the most detailed picture of the historical, cultural and literary contexts surrounding Poe's life and times.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; EDGAR ALLAN POE IN CONTEXT; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Preface; PART ONE: Geographical Contexts; CHAPTER 1 Great Britain; NOTES; CHAPTER 2 The South; NOTES; CHAPTER 3 The American West; ST. LOUIS, 1849; CINCINNATI, 1838; NEW YORK CITY, 1845; NOTES; CHAPTER 4 The Sea; NOTES; CHAPTER 5 France; BAUDELAIRE'S MISSION; THE SYMBOLIST ANGEL; THE "SCIENTIFIC FANTASTIC"; THE DECADENT DEMON; NEW GENRES: SCIENCE FICTION AND THE ROMAN POLICIER; SURREALISM, CINEMA, AND THE BD; CONCLUSION; NOTES; CHAPTER 6 The Near East; NOTES; CHAPTER 7 The Polar Regions; NOTES.
- PART TWO: Social ContextsCHAPTER 8 The Urban Environment; NOTES; CHAPTER 9 Curiosity; NOTES; CHAPTER 10 Alcohol, Addiction, and Rehabilitation; NOTES; CHAPTER 11 Fashion, Furnishings, and Style; THE PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF MENSWEAR; MEN'S STYLES; The Suit; Fashion, Furnishings, and Style; Suit Coats; Waistcoats; Trousers; Shirts and Neckwear; Overcoats; Hairstyles and Hats; Footwear; Accessories; THE PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF WOMEN'S CLOTHING; FASHION AND ETIQUETTE; WOMEN'S STYLES; FASHIONING THE HOME; FURNISHINGS FOR THE HOME; The Dining Room; POE AND THE PARLOR; NOTES.
- CHAPTER 12 The American StageTHE EARLY AMERICAN STAGE; POE'S PARENTS; POE'S EARLY THEATRICAL INTERESTS; DRAMA AND DRAMATIC INFLUENCES; POE AS THEATER CRITIC; CONCLUSION; NOTES; CHAPTER 13 Lions and Bluestockings; NOTES; CHAPTER 14 Slavery and Abolitionism; NOTES; CHAPTER 15 The Cult of Mourning; NOTES; PART THREE: The Contexts of Publishing; CHAPTER 16 The Literary Profession; NOTES; CHAPTER 17 Magazines; MAGAZINES IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA; EDGAR ALLAN POE AS MAGAZINIST; THE MAGAZINE PRISON HOUSE; NOTES; CHAPTER 18 Gift Books; NOTES; CHAPTER 19 Literary Piracy; NOTES.
- CHAPTER 20 The Art of ReviewingNOTES; CHAPTER 21 The Politics of Publishing; NOTES; PART FOUR: Literary Contexts; CHAPTER 22 Ancient Classics; A CLASSICAL EDUCATION; CREATIVE WORKS; NOTES; CHAPTER 23 Rabelais and Lesage; RABELAISIAN CARNIVAL REPRESENTATIONS IN POE'S SHORT STORIES; THE DEVIL THEME IN LESAGE AND POE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; CHAPTER 24 The Gothic Movement; NOTES; CHAPTER 25 Byron; NOTES; CHAPTER 26 Folk Narrative; NOTES; CHAPTER 27 Transcendentalism; NOTES; CHAPTER 28 Charles Dickens; NOTES; Chapter 29 Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Art of the Tale; NOTES.
- PART FIVE: Scientific and Pseudoscientific ContextsCHAPTER 30 Phrenology; POE DISCOVERS PHRENOLOGY; PHRENOLOGY IN POE'S FICTION; THE PROFESSIONAL PHRENOLOGISTS AND POE; CONCLUSION: POE'S ATTRACTION TO PHRENOLOGY; NOTES; CHAPTER 31 Photography; NOTES; CHAPTER 32 Mesmerism; NOTES; CHAPTER 33 Architecture; NOTES; CHAPTER 34 The Heritage of Fiction Science; THE IMAGINARY VOYAGE; THE LUNAR VOYAGE; THE STORY OF FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE; THE CATASTROPHE STORY; THE PHILOSOPHICAL TALE (CONTE PHILOSOPHIQUE); CLASSICAL UTOPIA; IMAGINARY WAR STORY; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 35 Cosmology and Cosmogony; NOTES.