Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Engel, William E., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., 2012.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891. > Encantadas.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849. > Raven.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Literary style.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Literary style.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Knowledge > Literature.
Poe, Edgar Allan, > 1809-1849 > Knowledge > Literature.
Memory in literature.
Chiasmus.
Melancholy in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: stylistic choices and intellectual armature
  • Melville's melancholy landscapes. Salvator R.Tarnmoor's mnemonic itinerary; Allegories of decay and the decay of allegory; Mime and masquerade in the theatrum mundi
  • Poe's mirrored memory palaces. The William Wilson effect; Magical architecture and chiastic echoes; Emblems of mournful and never-ending remembrance
  • Conclusion : reclaiming irredeemable loss
  • Appendix ("The raven").

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