American Flaneur : The Cosmic Physiognomy of Edgar Allan Poe

ISBN-13: 9780415969772 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 187 str.

James V. Werner

Opis

Investigates the connections between Poe and the nineteenth-century flaneur - or strolling urban observer - and the centrality of the flaneur to Poe's literary aims and intimate yet ambivalent relationship with his surrounding culture.

Spis treści

1. The Physiognomy of the Flaneur 2. Neither In nor Out of the Market 3. The Sacred Fury of the Cosmic Flaneur 4. Physiognomic Revelation: Faces and Interiors 5. Imperfect Readings of Perfect Plots Notes Works Cited

O autorze

James Werner teaches English at Queens College, and is Senior Writer for the Chancellor of the City University of New York. He earned his Ph.D. from CUNY's Graduate School and University Center. His articles appear in The Edgar Allan Poe Review, American Transcendental Quarterly, American Periodicals, and The Mid-Atlantic Almanack.