The Critical History of Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym - A Dialogue with Unreason (Hardcover)

"The Critical History of Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym: A Dialogue with Unreason" traces the complex, scattered criticism of Poe's most anomalous work, as it has steadily grown in prominence to a central position in the study of Poe and American literature. The winding route the criticism of "Pym" has charted, as convoluted as the narrative itself, has been a history of disagreement at almost every level at which critics and scholars read texts--including the nature and genre of the work, the seriousness or levity of the author's intent, and its stature as a work of genius, hackwork, or something in between. The unique set of thematic and narrative problems the work poses has eluded every hermeneutic structure brought against it so far, consistently undermining the very reading strategies it seems to invite.
The only comprehensive critical history and bibliography of "Pym," this study fills a large hole Poe scholars have long felt, as it analyzes the ways in which critics and critical camps have attempted to confront, rationalize, contain, or evade its novel and disturbing features. In the process, the criticism is correlated with the popular reception and the international response. Because literary history has entangled no author with his work more than Poe, ultimately this book is as much a study of Poe as of "Pym." At every point, therefore, this study embeds the critical response to "Pym "in the history of Poe studies in general, as well as in the larger context of American literary theory and history. Includes bibliography and index.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Garland Studies in 19th Century American Literature
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Ronald C. Harvey
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-3303-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8153-3303-X
Barcode:	9780815333036

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