Author: Thomas WoodsonPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Fall of the House of Usher
Author: Thomas WoodsonPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Twentieth-century Short Story Explication
Author: Twentieth Century Interpretations of Poe's Tales
Author: William L. HowarthPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Contemporary scholars offer critical analyses of various aspects of Poe's work and modern interpretations of his tales.
Twentieth-century Short Story Explication. Supplement
Author: Twentieth Century Interpretations of Romeo and Juliet
Author: Douglas ColePublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A collection of critical essays about "Romeo and Juliet".
The Poetics and Politics of the American Gothic
Author: Agnieszka Soltysik MonnetPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135188414X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Taking as its point of departure recent insights about the performative nature of genre, The Poetics and Politics of the American Gothic challenges the critical tendency to accept at face value that gothic literature is mainly about fear. Instead, Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet argues that the American Gothic, and gothic literature in general, is also about judgment: how to judge and what happens when judgment is confronted with situations that defy its limits. Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Gilman, and James all shared a concern with the political and ideological debates of their time, but tended to approach these debates indirectly. Thus, Monnet suggests, while slavery and race are not the explicit subject matter of antebellum works by Poe and Hawthorne, they nevertheless permeate it through suggestive analogies and tacit references. Similarly, Melville, Gilman, and James use the gothic to explore the categories of gender and sexuality that were being renegotiated during the latter half of the century. Focusing on "The Fall of the House of Usher," The Marble Faun, Pierre, The Turn of the Screw, and "The Yellow Wallpaper," Monnet brings to bear minor texts by the same authors that further enrich her innovative readings of these canonical works. At the same time, her study persuasively argues that the Gothic's endurance and ubiquity are in large part related to its being uniquely adapted to rehearse questions about judgment and justice that continue to fascinate and disturb.
Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Scarlet Letter
Author: John C. GerberPublisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A collection of critical and expository essays on The scarlet letter.
The Gothic's Gothic (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Benjamin Franklin Fisher IVPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317206592
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
First published in 1988, this book aims to provide keys to the study of Gothicism in British and American literature. It gathers together much material that had not been cited in previous works of this kind and secondary works relevant to literary Gothicism — biographies, memoirs and graphic arts. Part one cites items pertaining to significant authors of Gothic works and part two consists of subject headings, offering information about broad topics that evolve from or that have been linked with Gothicism. Three indexes are also provided to expedite searches for the contents of the entries. This book will be of interest to students of literature.
Reading and Interpreting the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Author: Debra McarthurPublisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 0766073424
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Edgar Allan Poes poems and short stories may be familiar to students, but the life that inspired these tales may still remain a mystery. This text provides readers with an understanding of how Poes writing was influenced by the time period in which he lived and the circumstances of his tragic life. Students will learn how to ponder, interpret, and comprehend Poes work through critical analysis of his themes, word choice, and style and through direct quotations from Poe himself.
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