Scripta Humanistica. 1984. 229 p.
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.
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edition.
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.
