Poe and the Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture Contributor(s): Kennedy, J. Gerald (Editor), McGann, Jerome (Author), Peeples, Scott (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0807150266 ISBN-13: 9780807150269 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 818.309 |
LCCN: 2012020864 |
Series: Media & Public Affairs |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Edgar Allan Poe (1809--1849) has long occupied the position of literary outsider. Dismissed as unrepresentative of the main currents of antebellum culture, Poe commented incisively -- in fiction and nonfiction -- on nationalism, science, materialism, popular taste, and cultural ideology. Opposing the pressure to write nationalistic American tales or from a restricted New England perspective, he produced a body of work held in greater international esteem than that of any of his U.S. contemporaries. |