Michael Blouin: Blouin, M: Political Poe, Flexibler Einband
Blouin, M: Political Poe
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- Verlag:
- University of Iowa Press, 03/2026
- Einband:
- Flexibler Einband
- ISBN-13:
- 9781685970550
- Gewicht:
- 454 g
- Maße:
- 229 x 152 mm
- Stärke:
- 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 31.3.2026
Klappentext
The Political Poe examines the collective works of Edgar Allan Poe through a political lens. While others have gestured toward Poe's gloomy conservatism, Michael J. Blouin argues that Poe's reaction against Jacksonian America--with its drift into populism, demagoguery, and what Poe felt was an unhinged politicization of everyday life--mirror the concerns of contemporary American life. Poe consistently denounced democracy. He leveraged racist and misogynistic tendencies. But despite these politics, Blouin uncovers lessons for a world where political thought is antagonistic and every truth has become a battleground for partisan bickering. Here, horror isn't just a heartbeat beneath the floorboards; it's a lack of political imagination for what can be created.