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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Engel, William E., 1957-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., 2012.
Subjects:	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.
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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").