Adapting Poe : re-imaginings in popular culture / edited by Dennis R. Perry and Carl H. Sederholm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perry, Dennis R.

Sederholm, Carl H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Criticism and interpretation.

Poe, Edgar Allan.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Adaptations.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Influence.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.

Popular culture and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Adaptations.

Physical Description:

vi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"Adapting Poe collects new interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars that combine the latest work in adaptation theory with fresh discussions of Poe, his work, and popular culture. The book examines a range of genres and media into which Poe has been adapted, such as film, comic art, music, literary criticism, promotional campaigns, television, and internet videos. Each essay will help readers re-evaluate Poe's influence not only on popular culture today, but also as a significant figure in its development. The book also goes far to demonstrate Poe's pervasive and continuing relevance to the images and ideas of contemporary culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Poe and the Twenty-First-Century Adaptation Renaissance / Dennis R. Perry Perry, Dennis R., Carl H. Sederholm Sederholm, Carl H. 1

2 Edgar Allan Poe and the Undeath of the Author / Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew 13

3 Lusty Ape-men and Imperiled White Womanhood: Reading Race in a 1930s Poe Film Adaptation / Jessica Metzler Metzler, Jessica 31

4 An "Ambrosial Breath of Faery": Jean Epstein's La Chaute de la Maison Usher and the Inverted Orphism of Poe's "Poetic Principle" / Saviour Catania Catania, Saviour 45

5 Rethinking Fellini's Poe: Nonplaces, Media Industries, and the Manic Celebrity / Kevin M. Flanagan Flanagan, Kevin M. 59

6 Evolutions in Torture: James Wan's Saw as Poe for the Twenty-First Century / Sandra Hughes Hughes, Sandra 71

7 A Poe within a Poe: Inception's Arabesque Play with "Ligeia" / Dennis R. Perry Perry, Dennis R. 81

8 Identity Crisis and Personality Disorders in Edgar Allan Poe's "William Wilson" (1839), David Fincher's Fight Club (1999), and James Mangold's Identity (2003) / Alexandra Reuber Reuber, Alexandra 93

9 Horrific Obsessions: Poe's Legacy of the Unreliable and Self-Obsessed Narrator / Rachel McCoppin McCoppin, Rachel 105

10 The Pleasure of Losing One's Way: Adapting Poe's "The Man of the Crowd" / Rebecca Johinke Johinke, Rebecca 119

11 "The Telltale Head," "The Raven," and "Lisa's Rival": Poe Meets The Simpsons / Peter Conolly-Smith Conolly-Smith, Peter 133

12 In the Best Possible Tastes: Rhetoric and Taste in AIP's Promotion of Roger Corman's Poe Cycle / Joan Ormrod Ormrod, Joan 145

13 From the Earth to Poe to the Moon: The Science-Fiction Narrative as Precursor to Technological Reality / Todd Robert Petersen Petersen, Todd Robert, Kyle William Bishop Bishop, Kyle William 165

14 The Perfect Drug: Edgar Allan Poe as Rock Star / Tony Magistrale Magistrale, Tony 179

15 That Vexing Power of Perverseness: Approaching Heavy Metal Adaptations of Poe / Carl H. Sederholm Sederholm, Carl H. 193

16 Picturing Poe: Contemporary Cultural Implications of Nevermore / Michelle Kay Hansen Hansen, Michelle Kay 207

17 What Can "The Tell-Tale Heart" Tell about Gender? / Mary J. Couzelis Couzelis, Mary J. 217

18 Comic Books and Graphic Novel Adaptations of the Works of Edgar Allan Poe: A Chronology / M. Thomas Inge Inge, M. Thomas 231

19 The Purloning Critic: Adaptation, Criticism, and the Claim to Meaning / Jason Douglas Douglas, Jason 249

20 Quid Pro Quo, or Destination Unknown: Johnson, Derrida, and Lacan Reading Poe / Luiz Fernando Ferreira Sá Sá, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Geraldo Magela Cáffaro Cáffaro, Geraldo Magela 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230120860

0230120865

OCLC:

774489865