An edition of Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe (2012)

Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe

memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition

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Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe
William E. Engel, William E. E ...
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memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition

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Ashgate Pub.
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English
Pages
191

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Literary style Literature Knowledge Melancholy in literature Chiasmus Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Memory in literature Melville, herman, 1819-1891 Poe, edgar allan, 1809-1849 Mémoire dans la littérature Chiasme Mélancolie dans la littérature Influence littéraire, artistique LITERARY CRITICISM American General Minnet i litteraturen Melankoli i litteraturen Encantadas (Melville, Herman) Raven (Poe, Edgar Allan)

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Herman Melville (1819-1891) Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
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Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe: memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition
2012, Ashgate Pub.
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Table of Contents

Introduction: stylistic choices and intellectual armature
Melville's melancholy landscapes. Salvator R.Tarnmoor's mnemonic itinerary; Allegories of decay and the decay of allegory; Mime and masquerade in the theatrum mundi
Poe's mirrored memory palaces. The William Wilson effect; Magical architecture and chiastic echoes; Emblems of mournful and never-ending remembrance
Conclusion : reclaiming irredeemable loss
Appendix ("The raven").

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Farnham, Surrey, England, Burlington, VT
Other Titles
Memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.309
Library of Congress
PS2384.E63 E54 2012, PS377, PS2384.E63E54 2012, PS2384.E63 E54 2012eb

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
191

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25086878M
ISBN 13
9781409435860, 9781409435877
LCCN
2011040915
OCLC/WorldCat
759048536, 775498760

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OL16239696W

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