Poe and the Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
Cover of the book Poe and the Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture by Jerome McGann, Scott Peeples, Jennifer Rae Greeson, Eliza Richards, Maurice Lee, Betsy Erkkila, Leland S. Person, Anna Brickhouse, Leon Jackson, LSU Press
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Author: Jerome McGann, Scott Peeples, Jennifer Rae Greeson, Eliza Richards, Maurice Lee, Betsy Erkkila, Leland S. Person, Anna Brickhouse, Leon Jackson ISBN: 9780807150283
Publisher: LSU Press Publication: December 19, 2012
Imprint: LSU Press Language: English
Author: Jerome McGann, Scott Peeples, Jennifer Rae Greeson, Eliza Richards, Maurice Lee, Betsy Erkkila, Leland S. Person, Anna Brickhouse, Leon Jackson
ISBN: 9780807150283
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication: December 19, 2012
Imprint: LSU Press
Language: English

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 the pressure to write nationalistic "American" tales or from a restricted New England perspective, he produced a body of work held in greater international esteem than that of any of his U.S. contemporaries.
In Poe and the Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture, scholars explore Poe's anti-nationalistic Americanism as they redefine the outlines of antebellum print culture and challenge ideas that situate Poe at the margins of national thought and cultural activity.
The contributors offer fresh perspectives on an often-maligned author, including essays on Poe's preoccupation with celebrity, his fascination with metropolitan crime and mystery, his impact as an observer of racial fear, his role as an eccentric cultural icon, and his fluctuating reputation in our own era. They also argue for new digital approaches that facilitate remapping of print culture.
Contributors: Anna Brickhouse, Betsy Erkkila, Jennifer Rae Greeson, Leon Jackson, J. Gerald Kennedy, Maurice S. Lee, Jerome McGann, Scott Peeples, Leland S. Person, and Eliza Richards

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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 the pressure to write nationalistic "American" tales or from a restricted New England perspective, he produced a body of work held in greater international esteem than that of any of his U.S. contemporaries.
In Poe and the Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture, scholars explore Poe's anti-nationalistic Americanism as they redefine the outlines of antebellum print culture and challenge ideas that situate Poe at the margins of national thought and cultural activity.
The contributors offer fresh perspectives on an often-maligned author, including essays on Poe's preoccupation with celebrity, his fascination with metropolitan crime and mystery, his impact as an observer of racial fear, his role as an eccentric cultural icon, and his fluctuating reputation in our own era. They also argue for new digital approaches that facilitate remapping of print culture.
Contributors: Anna Brickhouse, Betsy Erkkila, Jennifer Rae Greeson, Leon Jackson, J. Gerald Kennedy, Maurice S. Lee, Jerome McGann, Scott Peeples, Leland S. Person, and Eliza Richards

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