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`Literary Politics and the `Legitimate Sphere': Poe, Hawthorne, and the `Tale Proper'.

Authors :
Thompson, G.R.
Source :
Nineteenth-Century Literature. Sep94, Vol. 49 Issue 2, p167. 28p.
Publication Year :
1994

Abstract

Examines Edgar Allan Poe's theory of narrative in his 1842 and 1847 reviews of Nathaniel Hawthorne's `Twice-told Tales' and `Mosses from in old Monse. Presentation of literary politics during the 18th century; Poe's insistence on the superiority of his own mode of fictional narrative.

Subjects

Subjects :
*CRITICISM

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
08919356
Volume :
49
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
9410181263
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2307/2933980