Edgar Allan Poe and His Nineteenth-Century American Counterparts

by John Cullen Gruesser

Book Overview

Edgar Allan Poe and His Nineteenth-Century American Counterparts addresses Poe's connections with, critical assessments of, borrowings from, and effect on his literary peers. It situates Poe within his own time and place, paying particular attention to his interactions with, and impact on, figures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Harriet Jacobs, and Pauline Hopkins.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501334522
• ISBN13: 9781501334528
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"