Eliza Richards: 2 books
Battle Lines
Poetry and Mass Media in the U.S. Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
During the U.S. Civil War, a combination of innovative technologies and catastrophic events stimulated the development of news media into a central cultural force. Reacting to the dramatic increases in news reportage and circulation, poets responded to an urgent need to make their work immediately...
by Jerome McGann, Scott Peeples, Jennifer Rae Greeson
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Edgar Allan Poe (1809--1849) has long occupied the position of literary outsider. Dismissed as unrepresentative of the main currents of antebellum culture, Poe commented incisively -- in fiction and nonfiction -- on nationalism, science, materialism, popular taste, and cultural ideology. Opposing...