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Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe

by Engel, William E.,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Ashgate Pub., (Farnham, Surrey, England ; | Burlington, Vt. :) Physical details: 191 p.
Subject(s): Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891. -- Encantadas. | Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849. -- Raven. | Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Literary style. | Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Literary style. | Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Knowledge -- Literature. | Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Knowledge -- Literature. | Memory in literature. | Chiasmus. | Melancholy in literature. | Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) | Electronic books.
Year: 2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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").

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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