Zimmerman breaks new ground in Poe studies by providing a catalogue of three hundred figures of speech and thought in the author's oeuvre, including his tales, personal correspondence, literary criticism, book reviews, and marginalia. This incisive catalogue of literary and rhetorical terms, presented in alphabetical order and amply illustrated with examples - in addition to close examinations of some of Poe's most important tales - overwhelmingly demonstrates Poe's rhetorical and linguistic dexterity, putting a nearly two-hundred-year-old critical debate to rest by showing Poe to be a conscientious craftsman of the highest order.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 813/.3
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780773572911 0773528997
- LCCN
- PS2644
- LCCN Item number
- Z54 2005eb
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- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxii, 408 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00204676 (OCoLC)191819022 (CaOOCEL)407627
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Tables and Figures 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Introduction 14
- 1 "I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's": Poe's Stylistic Versatility 26
- 2 Frantic Forensic Oratory and the Rhetoric of Self-Deceit: "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" 51
- 3 Allegoria, Chronographia, and Clock Architecture in "The Masque of the Red Death" 74
- 4 Poe's Linguistic Comedy 86
- 5 The Linguistic Weaponry of the "Tomahawk Man": Poe's Critical Reviews 108
- Catalogue of Rhetorical and Other Literary Terms in Poe's Works 130
- The Terms by Type 349
- Conclusion 354
- Appendix 1: Stauffer on Poe's "Five Styles" 360
- Appendix 2: Paranoid Schizophrenia in "The Tell-Tale Heart" 365
- Notes 378
- Bibliography 398
- Index 410
- A 410
- B 412
- C 413
- D 414
- E 415
- F 417
- G 417
- H 418
- I 419
- J 419
- K 419
- L 420
- M 421
- N 422
- O 423
- P 423
- Q 425
- R 426
- S 428
- T 429
- U 430
- V 430
- W 430
- X 431
- Z 431
