Poe's Critical Theory: The Major Documents

by Edgar Allan Poe, Susan F. Levine, Stuart Levine

Edgar Allan Poe's reputation as an enduring and influential American literary critic rests mainly upon the pieces in this edition. Editors Stuart and Susan F. Levine provide reading texts, detailed explanatory footnotes, variant readings, and introductions to show context. They also face frankly the contradictions in Poe's critical opinions. Poe argues both that poetry is for pleasure, not truth, and that poetic inspiration leads to truth. Great works,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252031237
• ISBN13: 9780252031236
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"