{"product_id":"poes-critical-theory-9780252031236","title":"Poes Critical Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdgar Allan Poe's reputation as an enduring and influential American literary critic. This edition shows that what is consistent in Poe is not any single theory. Rather, always present are wit, playfulness, concern for the strong effect, a bin of recyclable allusions, anecdotes and quotations, and a writer's discipline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A solid resource for scholars of Poe. Highly recommended”--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Poe's quotations and misquotations are assiduously identified and corrected. Obscure references are made clear, and connections among a variety of Poe's writings are drawn. Poe's playfulness, even in criticism, repeatedly comes through, as does his occasional tendency to lapse into unfairness merely to make a point or to put the punch line on a joke. There is still a need, over one hundred years after Poe's death, for traditional scholarship of this kind. . . . This new volume is clearly the most authoritative edition of the works presented, and it is likely to remain so for sometime.\"--\u003ci\u003ePoe Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Levines have made major contributions to Poe studies with this volume and numerous analytical studies that help readers appreciate the work of one of America's most famous writers.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume will likely become the first place to which students and scholars will turn if they want to understand Poe's work as a critic. . . . A significant contribution to Poe studies.\"--\u003ci\u003eResources for American Literary Study\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book provides scholars and students of nineteenth-century literary theory and Poe with a reliable edition of his essays of critical theory, heavily annotated by respected Poe scholars. The notes provide explications not easily attained elsewhere, including Poe's relationships with his contemporaries and allusions to works few of today's readers would recognize. Levine and Levine have thoroughly researched the textual variants on all of these essays and provided the most accurate texts available to date.\"--Scott Peeples, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   ix\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations   xiii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e LETTER TO B------.   1 \u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e   4\u003cbr\u003e Letter to B--------.   5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Note on Variant Readings\u003c\/i\u003e   11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   12  PROSPECTUSES FOR \"THE PENN\" AND \"THE STYLUS\"   21 \u003ci\u003eNote on the Text of the Prospectuses of \"The Penn Magazine\"\u003c\/i\u003e   22\u003cbr\u003e The Earlier (Austin) Version of the Prospectus of \"The Penn\"   25\u003cbr\u003e The Second (Philadelphia) Version of the Prospectus of \"The Penn\"   25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNote on the Second (Philadelphia) version of the Prospectus of \"The Penn Magazine\"\u003c\/i\u003e   27\u003cbr\u003e The March 4, 1843, Version of the Prospectus for \"The Stylus\"   28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on the March 4, 1843, Version of the Prospectus for \"The Stylus\"\u003c\/i\u003e   31\u003cbr\u003e The January 1848 Version of the Prospectus for \"The Stylus\"   32\u003cbr\u003e The April 1848 Version of the Prospectus for \"The Stylus\"   34  EXORDIUM   37 \u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e   38\u003cbr\u003e Exordium (Review of New Books)   39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   44  PREFACE TO THE POEMS (1845)   51 \u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e   52\u003cbr\u003e Preface   52  THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION   55 \u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e   59\u003cbr\u003e The Philosophy of Composition   60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   71  THE RATIONALE OF VERSE   77 \u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e   80\u003cbr\u003e The Rationale of Verse   80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariant Readings\u003c\/i\u003e   121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   127  NOTES UPON ENGLISH VERSE   145 \u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e   146\u003cbr\u003e Notes upon English Verse   147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVariant Readings\u003c\/i\u003e   171  THE POETIC PRINCIPLE   175 \u003ci\u003eA Note on the Text\u003c\/i\u003e   177\u003cbr\u003e The Poetic Principle   178\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   200  BIBLIOGRAPHY   213\u003cbr\u003e INDEX   219   ","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036811886935,"sku":"9780252031236","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252031236.jpg?v=1750932630","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/poes-critical-theory-9780252031236","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}