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Author:

Freedman, William, 1938-

Title:

The porous sanctuary : art and anxiety in Poe's short fiction / William Freedman.

Publisher:

Peter Lang,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

155 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Poe, Edgar Allan,--1809-1849--Fictional works.
Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
Horror tales, American--History and criticism.
Psychoanalysis and literature--United States--History--19th century.
Art and literature--United States--History--19th century.
Anxiety in literature.
Deconstruction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-155).

Contents:

On Literature and Denial -- The Porous Sanctuary: A Theory of Poe's Fiction -- Undoing, Reversal and Contradiction: "The Premature Burial" -- Avoidance, Evasion and Denial: "The Imp of the Perverse," "Berenice," "Morella," "Ligeia" -- Revelation as Concealment: "Mystification," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Purloined Letter" -- The Art of Incorporative Exclusion: "The Oval Portrait," "The Masque of The Red Death," Conclusion.

Series:

Sexuality and literature ; vol. 10

ISBN:

9780820451817 (alk. paper)
0820451819 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44683437

LCCN:

00056396

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)