The marketing of Edgar Allan Poe /
Jonathan H. Hartmann.
- New York ; London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.
- vii, 134 p. ; 24 cm.
- Studies in American popular history and culture .
- American popular history and culture (Routledge Firm)) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.
The problem of Poe's appeal: intellectual and market background -- Poe's composite autobiography -- The recycling of critical authority: lessons from Coleridge and Hazlitt -- The debunking work of Poe's light gothic tales -- The importance of ambiguity: unreliable narration and the marketing of sensation.
The circulation and marketing of Edgar Allan Poe's prose are explored in this book through close readings of Poe's fictive, journalistic, and critical writings, and an examination of his involvemen
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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 --Authorship. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Authors and readers--History--United States--19th century. Paternidad literaria--Aspectos Económicos --Historia --Estados Unidos --19th century. Política y literatura --historia--Estados Unidos Literatura popular --Historia y crítica --Estados Unidos