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A Portrait.

Authors :
Rhodes, Suzanne Underwood
Source :
Edgar Allan Poe Review; 2013, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p199-200, 2p
Publication Year :
2013

Abstract

The poem includes the voices of Edgar Allan Poe and Virginia Clemm Poe. His young wife speaks from the dead. When Edgar realized he had no likeness of his wife, he commissioned an artist to paint her portrait-the portrait of her corpse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
PORTRAIT drawing
DEAD
SPOUSES' legal relationship

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21500428
Volume :
14
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Edgar Allan Poe Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
92535930

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