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Poe and the subversion of American literature : satire, fantasy, critique / Robert T. Tally, Jr.
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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.
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Published/Created:New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Call Number: PS2638 .T35 2014
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Criticism and interpretation.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Satire.
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Description:x, 156 pages ; 24 cm
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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.
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-151) and index.
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ISBN:9781623564278 (hardback)
1623564271 (hardback)
9781623569709 (ePub)
1623569702 (ePub)
9781623569204 (ePDF)
1623569206 (ePDF)
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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.