by Liliane Weissberg (Editor), Liliane Weissberg (Editor), J. Gerald Kennedy (Editor)
Edgar Allan Poe's strength as a writer lay in fabricating fantasies in settings far removed from his own place and time. This book revisits the Poe's issue, re-examining what it means to speak of an author or his work as a racist, and where the critic's responsibility lies.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 292
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 26 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 0195137116
ISBN 13: 9780195137118