{"product_id":"a-historical-guide-to-edgar-j-gerald-kennedy-9780195121506","title":"A Historical Guide to Edgar Allan Poe","description":"Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), son of itinerant actors, holds a secure place in the firmament of history as America's first master of suspense. Displaying scant interest in native scenes or materials, Edgar Allan Poe seems the most un-American of American writers during the era of literary nationalism; yet he was at the same time a pragmatic magazinist, fully engaged in popular culture and intensely concerned with the \"republic of letters\" in the United States. This \u003cem\u003eHistorical Guide\u003c\/em\u003e contains an introduction that considers the tensions between Poe's \"otherworldly\" settings and his historically marked representations of violence, as well as a capsule biography situating Poe in his historical context. The subsequent essays in this book cover such topics as Poe and the American Publishing Industry, Poe's Sensationalism, his relationships to gender constructions, and Poe and American Privacy. The volume also includes a bibliographic essay, a chronology of Poe's life, a bibliography, illustrations, and an index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Gerald Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195121503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195121506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d","brand":"J. Gerald Kennedy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457657975039,"sku":"9780195121506","price":93.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b020252e-80ea-490e-b568-9ba49f114e79.jpg?v=1777400347","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-historical-guide-to-edgar-j-gerald-kennedy-9780195121506","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}