William Wirt and His Influence on Edgar Allan Poe
Author : Elsie Ruth Garfoot
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,66 MB
Release : 1928
Category :
ISBN :
Edgar Allan Poe As Literary Critic
Author : Edd Winfield Parks
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0820334855
Book Description
Edgar Allan Poe was one of the first major critics to develop and refine his critical theories through magazine articles and book reviews. Edgar Allan Poe as Literary Critic focuses on his interest in establishing an aesthetic for magazine literature, and Parks has examined Poe's criticism at length. Poe's efforts in the field of literary criticism have often been condemned as a rationalization of his own personal limitations as a writer, but this study contends that his critical theories far surpass such a narrow interpretation. Rather, Poe was “essentially a magazinist,” and therefore emphasized brevity, unity, and totality of effect and placed the highest value on literary types best suited to periodical literature.
The Portable Edgar Allan Poe
Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 37,8 MB
Release : 2006-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143039914
Book Description
The Portable Edgar Allan Poe compiles Poe's greatest writings: tales of fantasy, terror, death, revenge, murder, and mystery, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Masque of the Red Death," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the world's first detective story. In addition, this volume offers letters, articles, criticism, visionary poetry, and a selection of random "opinions" on fancy and the imagination, music and poetry, intuition and sundry other topics. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe
Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2002-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521797276
Book Description
This collection of specially-commissioned essays by experts in the field explores key dimensions of Edgar Allan Poe's work and life. Contributions provide a series of alternative perspectives on one of the most enigmatic and controversial American writers. The essays, specially tailored to the needs of undergraduates, examine all of Poe's major writings, his poetry, short stories and criticism, and place his work in a variety of literary, cultural and political contexts. They situate his imaginative writings in relation to different modes of writing: humor, Gothicism, anti-slavery tracts, science fiction, the detective story, and sentimental fiction. Three chapters examine specific works: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Raven', and 'Ulalume'. The volume features a detailed chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading, and will be of interest to students and scholars alike.
Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe, The
Author : Sharon Pajka
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 13,52 MB
Release : 2023-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1467154547
Book Description
Journey to the burial places of the people who lived in Poe's world. Edgar Allan Poe considered himself a Virginian. Credited with originating the modern detective story, developing Gothic horror tales, and writing the precursor to science fiction, Poe worked to elevate Southern literature. He lived in the South most of his life, died in Baltimore and made his final home in Richmond. His family and many of his closest associates were southerners. Visit the graves of the people with whom he worked and socialized, who he loved and at times loathed and gain a fuller understanding of Poe's life. These were individuals who supported, inspired, and challenged him, and even a few who attempted to foil his plans. Professor and cemetery historian Sharon Pajka tells their stories.
Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore
Author : David F. Gaylin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439652104
Book Description
Edgar Allan Poe wrote his great works while living in several cities on the East Coast of the United States, but Baltimore's claim to him is special. His ancestors settled in the burgeoning town on the Chesapeake during the 18th century, and it was in Baltimore that he found refuge when his foster family in Virginia shut him out. Most importantly, it was here that he was first paid for his literary work. If Baltimore discovered Poe, it also has the inglorious honor of being the place that destroyed him. On October 7, 1849, he died in this city, then known as "Mob Town." Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore is the first book to explore the poet's life in this port city and in the quaint little house on Amity Street, where he once wrote.
Tercentenary History of Maryland
Author : Matthew Page Andrews
Publisher :
Page : 932 pages
File Size : 19,73 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Maryland
ISBN :
Book Description
War Papers, Read Before the Commandery of the State of Maine, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Author : Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Maine
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Maine
ISBN :
Book Description
Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe
Author : Dawn B. Sova
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1438108427
Book Description
Examines the life and career of Edgar Allan Poe including synopses of many of his works, biographies of family and friends, a discussion of Poe's influence on other writers, and places that influenced his writing.
A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe
Author : J. Gerald Kennedy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,93 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 019512149X
Book Description
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.
