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American Flaneur: The Cosmic Physiognomy of Edgar Allan Poe (Studies in Major Literaryauthors, 33)

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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.

Author(s): James Werner
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 200

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
CHAPTER ONE The Physiognomy of the Flaneur......Page 12
CHAPTER TWO Neither In nor Out of the Market......Page 32
CHAPTER THREE The Sacred Fury of the Cosmic Flaneur......Page 57
CHAPTER FOUR Physiognomic Revelation......Page 84
CHAPTER FIVE Reading the Perfect Plot......Page 109
Notes......Page 130
Works Cited......Page 140
Index......Page 144