The Grand And The Fair: Poe's Landscape Aesthetics  And Pictoral Techniques

The Grand And The Fair: Poe's Landscape Aesthetics And Pictoral Techniques

An examination of Poe's use of the conventions of the sublime and the picturesque, with a brief history of both traditions as they were developed in eighteenth-century America. "...an informative and provocative study." -Glen A. Omans, Poe Studies Association Newsletter. "This is a book filled with new insights into individual tales and poems by Poe. ...It also provides a solid theoretical background for them." - Donald Barlow Stauffer, University of Mississippi Studies in English.

  • Contents
  • Chapter I: The Grand and the Fair: Poe, the American Landscape, and the Aesthetics of Nature
  • Chapter II: Poe and the Sublime: His Sea Tales in an Aesthetic Tradition
  • Chapter III: Poe and the Picturesque: Theory and Practice
  • Chapter IV: Picturesque Disorder: The Deceptive Dream Land of Poe's Fictional "Landscapes"
  • Chapter V: From Sublimity to Pictorialism: "Tamerlane," "Al Aaraaf," and Some Revisions in the Later Poetry
  • Chapter VI: Conclusion: The Interior Landscape
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