The Afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe

by Scott Peeples

Book Overview

A study of the controversy-filled scholarship on Poe from the time of his death to the present.

Controversies abound in studies of Edgar Allan Poe. From the time of his death well into the twentieth century, partisans debated the issue of his character: was he an alcoholic? drug addict? pathological liar? necrophile? In the1920s and 30s, psychoanalytic critics sought to divorce the study of Poe from Victorian moral concerns but in the process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571133577
• ISBN13: 9781571133571
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 9.0"