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- catalog abstract "This book argues that Edgar Allan Poe's fiction, and literature in general, is ultimately peculiar - that is, it remains outside the jurisdiction of any critical gaze. Unfortunately, most critical readings of Poe ignore this resistance to interpretation and work to incorporate his fiction as examples or illustrations of theories and concepts that have little or nothing to do with language and writing. If literature is to survive as literature, it must be freed from its subjugation to other disciplines, other concerns, and other projects. If Poe's fiction is to survive in any meaningful way, it must be liberated from the critical tradition that sees nothing in it but confirmation of its own theories. Author Jeffrey DeShell contends in this book that paradoxically Poe's fiction becomes much more influential, subversive, important, and meaningful, if it is allowed to remain in that space without influence, communication, and meaning.".
- catalog contributor b10280614.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "1. Allegory -- 2. The Grotesque, The Fantastic, Deconstruction -- 3. Narcissus and the Other: Hieroglyphics and Pure Language -- 4. The Peculiarity of Literature: Truth and "The Purloined Letter" -- 5. Death Sentence: Translating, Dying, Writing.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "This book argues that Edgar Allan Poe's fiction, and literature in general, is ultimately peculiar - that is, it remains outside the jurisdiction of any critical gaze. Unfortunately, most critical readings of Poe ignore this resistance to interpretation and work to incorporate his fiction as examples or illustrations of theories and concepts that have little or nothing to do with language and writing. If literature is to survive as literature, it must be freed from its subjugation to other disciplines, other concerns, and other projects. If Poe's fiction is to survive in any meaningful way, it must be liberated from the critical tradition that sees nothing in it but confirmation of its own theories. Author Jeffrey DeShell contends in this book that paradoxically Poe's fiction becomes much more influential, subversive, important, and meaningful, if it is allowed to remain in that space without influence, communication, and meaning.".
- catalog extent "176 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Peculiarity of literature.".
- catalog identifier "0838636667 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Peculiarity of literature.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Madison, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; London : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "Peculiarity of literature.".
- catalog subject "813/.3 20".
- catalog subject "Allegory.".
- catalog subject "Detective and mystery stories, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Fantasy fiction, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Horror tales, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PS2642.F43 D47 1997".
- catalog subject "Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Fictional works.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Allegory -- 2. The Grotesque, The Fantastic, Deconstruction -- 3. Narcissus and the Other: Hieroglyphics and Pure Language -- 4. The Peculiarity of Literature: Truth and "The Purloined Letter" -- 5. Death Sentence: Translating, Dying, Writing.".
- catalog title "The peculiarity of literature : an allegorical approach to Poe's fiction / Jeffrey DeShell.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".