Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe : memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition

Early modern poetics in Melville and Poe memory, melancholy, and the emblematic tradition

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...

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1. Verfasser: Engel, William E. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Farnham u.a. Ashgate 2012
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Melville, Herman > Poe, Edgar Allan > Literary style > Knowledge > Memory in literature > Chiasmus > Melancholy in literature > Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) > Fiktionale Darstellung > Erinnerung > Melancholie
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Zusammenfassung: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").
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:191 S.
Ill.
24 cm
ISBN:9781409435860
978-1-4094-3586-0
1409435865
1-4094-3586-5