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

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Hovedforfatter: Engel, William E., 1957-
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., 2012.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • 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").