爱伦·坡作品选(诺顿美国文学评论系列) Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe

EdgarAllanPoe’sworks,withtheirgothicandoftenobsessivethemes,havehadasignificantinfluenceonAmericanliterature.InthisNortonCriticalEdition,G.R.Thompsonhasfullyintroduced,annotated,andeditedeachtext.“BackgroundsandContexts”includesfifty-sevencarefullychosendocumentsthatilluminatePoe’sprolificbutshortcareer,amongthemreviews,prefaces,andcorrespondencebyPoeaswellasthematicpiecesdealingwithTranscendentalismandalternativeromanticism,sciencesofthemind,sensationfiction,andtheSouthandslavery.FourteenjudiciouslyselectedcriticalessaysaddressPoe’spoetry,fiction,politics,andpsychology.ContributorsincludeFloydStovall,RobertC.McLean,RichardWilbur,JamesW.Gargano,JosephJ.Moldenhauer,PaulJohnEakin,GraceFarrell,LiahnaKlenmanBabener,BartonLeviSt.Armand,JosephN.Riddel,J.GeraldKennedy,JohnCarlosRowe,TerenceWhalen,andJohnT.Irwin.ASelectedBibliographyisalsoincluded.