Edgar Allan Poe : rhetoric and style /

"Poe may have left a significant legacy in American literature, transforming the short story and developing the genres of psychological thriller and detective story, but his prose has often come under attack as unreadable and has led to a volatile debate over his style. Through an examination o...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Zimmerman, Brett, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005
Subjects:
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • "I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's": Poe's Stylistic Versatility
  • Frantic Forensic Oratory and the Rhetoric of Self-Deceit: "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat"
  • Allegoria, Chronographia, and Clock Architecture in "The Masque of the Red Death"
  • Poe's Linguistic Comedy
  • The Linguistic Weaponry of the "Tomahawk Man": Poe's Critical Reviews
  • Catalogue of Rhetorical and Other Literary Terms in Poe's Works
  • The Terms by Type
  • Stauffer on Poe's "Five Styles"
  • Paranoid Schizophrenia in "The Tell-Tale Heart."