| International Standard Book Number |
9780593832516
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593832509
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| Personal Name |
Ogden, Emily author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017100395
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| Title Statement |
Darkness becomes bright : on the brief life and immortal art of Edgar Allan poe / Emily Ogden.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Viking, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
pages cm
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Edgar Allan Poe, Philadelphia, 1841 : tells a tale of his trials -- Julio Cortázar, Rome, 1953 : his sinister vision -- Edgar Allan Poe, Richmond, Virginia, c. 1824 : his temptations -- Marie Bonaparte, Vienna, 1926 : and his torment -- Edgar Allan Poe, New York, 1844 : he may be released -- Charles Baudelaire, Paris, 1847 : and so might we.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A fascinating and intimate inquiry into the shadowy life and horrifyingly compelling work of Edgar Allan Poe, and why we are drawn to darkness in art Since Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious death in 1849, his stories and poems have captivated millions of readers around the world. One hundred seventy-five years later, why do we continue to descend into the darkness of his imagination-and of the genres, from horror to crime, that he pioneered? In these spellbinding and singular essays, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant winner Emily Ogden plumbs the darkness within Poe and enters it alongside him. She interweaves stories from his mysterious and tragic life-from his strange disappearances and tortured romances to his nearly fatal use of opium-with those of his most famous readers and translators, including poet Charles Baudelaire, writer Julio Cortázar, and psychoanalyst Marie Bonaparte, a descendant of Napoleon and a patient of Sigmund Freud. Tracing their passionate attachments to Poe and Ogden's own-unexpectedly sparked when she was assigned to teach an introductory Poe course at the University of Virginia, where one can still visit his rooms on the famous Jefferson Lawn-Darkness Becomes Bright makes a different case for literature from the one we most often hear (that it engenders empathy). This exquisite volume shows how Poe's vision and its echoes across the generations allows us to make peace with our own flawed humanity"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Authors, American 19th century
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
American literature 1783-1850 History and criticism http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101035
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies
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