Architects of the Abyss: The Indeterminate Fictions of Poe, Hawthorne, and MelvilleA charming book. Little text; hundreds of renderings and photos. Cloth edition ($25) not seen. Pahl (English, Susquehanna U.) challenges traditional approaches to understanding American literature and examines basic assumptions about the role of the literary critic. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
or Poes Mad Lines | 3 |
The Search for Origins | 25 |
The Death of the Author | 41 |
Copyright | |
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