Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe [electronic resource] : memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition / William E. Engel.
2012
PS2384.E63 E54 2012
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Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe [electronic resource] : memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition / William E. Engel.
Author
Engel, William E., 1957-
ISBN
9781409435860
9781409435877 (electronic book)
9781409435877 (electronic book)
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., 2012.
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English
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191 p.
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PS2384.E63 E54 2012
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813/.309
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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").
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").