Most frequently regarded as a writer of the supernatural, Poe was
actually among the most versatile of American authors, writing
social satire, comic hoaxes, mystery stories, science fiction,
prose poems, literary criticism and theory, and even a play. As a
journalist and editor, Poe was closely in touch with the social,
political, and cultural trends of nineteenth-century America.
Recent scholarship has linked Poe's imaginative writings to the
historical realities of nineteenth-century America, including to
science and technology, wars and politics, the cult of death and
bereavement, and, most controversially, to slavery and stereotyped
attitudes toward women. Edgar Allan Poe: Beyond Gothicism presents
a systematic approach to topical criticism of Poe, revealing a new
portrait of Poe as an author who blended topics of intellectual and
social importance and returned repeatedly to these ideas in
different works and using different aesthetic strategies during his
brief but highly productive career. Twelve essays point readers
toward new ways of considering Poe's themes, techniques, and
aesthetic preoccupations by looking at Poe in the context of
landscapes, domestic interiors, slavery, prosody, Eastern cultures,
optical sciences, Gothicism, and literary competitions, clubs, and
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