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New essays on Poe's major tales edited by Kenneth Silverman
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS 2642 .F43 N48 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The American novel
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Fictional works.
- Poe, Edgar Allan.
- Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery stories, American.
- Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
- Horror tales, American.
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
- Local Subjects:
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 134 p. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
- Contents:
- Poe and the unreadable : "The black cat" and "The tell-tale heart" / Christopher Benfey
- The perverse strategy in "The fall of the house of Usher" / Louise J. Kaplan
- Detecting truth : the world of the Dupin tales / David van Leer
- Poe's art of transformation : "The cask of Amontillado" in its cultural context / David S. Reynolds
- Poe, "Ligeia," and the problem of dying women / J. Gerald Kennedy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-134).
- ISBN:
- 0521410185 (hardback)
- 0521422434 (pbk.)
- OCLC:
- 25747626
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