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    Poe and the subversion of American literature : satire, fantasy, critique / Robert T. Tally, Jr.

    • Title:Poe and the subversion of American literature : satire, fantasy, critique / Robert T. Tally, Jr.
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    • Author/Creator:Tally, Robert T., Jr.
    • Published/Created:New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Criticism and interpretation.
      National characteristics, American, in literature.
      Satire.
    • Description:x, 156 pages ; 24 cm
    • Summary:"Argues that Poe offers an alternative to American literature through his satirical critique of U.S. national culture and his projection of a postnational imagination"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.
    • ISBN:9781623564278 (hardback)
      1623564271 (hardback)
      9781623569709 (ePub)
      1623569702 (ePub)
      9781623569204 (ePDF)
      1623569206 (ePDF)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Subterranean Noises
      Undercurrents of American thought
      man of the street
      diddler's grin
      2. Nomad in a Land of Settlers
      early Poe: Nomadic peripety
      mature Poe: Unsettling movement
      late Poe: Extravagant trajectories
      3. Points of No Return
      return of the personal narrative
      "Of my country and of my family I have little to say"
      Irreversible descent
      Uncharted territories
      4. Nightmare of the Unknowable
      legitimate sources of terror
      Terror as anti-epistemic
      Unfathomability
      5. Captivating the Reader
      Perverse designs
      "To be appreciated, you must be read"
      apparatus of capture
      6. Perverse Originality of Literature Proper
      True originality
      Generic ambiguities
      7. Cosmopolitan's Uncanny Duplicity
      At sea in the city
      Doppelganger's mirror image
      8. Extra MÅ“nia Flammantia Mundi: Satire, Fantasy, and the Critic's Laughter
      Phantasy-pieces
      laugh of Edgar Allan Poe.
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