Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-129) and index.
Contents:
The problem of Poe's appeal: intellectual and market background -- Poe's composite autobiography -- The recycling of critical authority: lessons from Coleridge and Hazlitt -- The debunking work of Poe's light gothic tales -- The importance of ambiguity: unreliable narration and the marketing of sensation.
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