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Edgar Allan Poe notoriously identified "the death . . . of a
beautiful woman" as "the most poetical topic in the world." Despite
that cringeworthy claim, Poe drew creative inspiration from female
authors, and women figure prominently among the artists and critics
fascinated by the writer's creative legacy. A book-length work
about the various ways in which women-Poe's female contemporaries,
scholars, writers and artists, as well as women characters in Poe
adaptations-have influenced perceptions of Poe is long overdue.
Covering a time frame that extends from the mid-nineteenth century
to the twenty-first, this collection features essays about all of
these subjects. One goal of this book is recognizing how women have
helped establish Poe's reputation in the U.S. and abroad. The other
is drawing attention to ways that constructions of womanhood
accepted by Poe are revised in popular culture, a sphere where
artists-in film, fiction, and comics-build on the subversive
potential of Poe's work while exposing its ideological limitations.
Poe and Women will appeal not only to Poe specialists but also to
anyone interested in his ongoing relevance to gender discussions
inside and outside the academy.
To this day, Salem, Massachusetts, is synonymous with the witch
trials of 1692. Their unique pace and structure has not only made
the infamous town a strong cultural metaphor, but has generated
countless novels, short stories, and plays over the past 200 years.
This book marks the first comprehensive analysis of literary Salem
and its historical as well as contemporary significance, from
Nathaniel Hawthorne's literature of the 19th century to Arthur
Miller's The Crucible to a growing corpus of contemporary fiction.
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