Edgar Allan Poe : rhetoric and style / Brett Zimmerman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"I could read his prose on salary, but not Jane's": Poe's Stylistic Versatility -- Frantic Forensic Oratory and the Rhetoric of Self-Deceit: "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" -- Allegoria, Chronographia, and Clock Architecture in "The Masque of the Red Death" -- Poe's Linguistic Comedy -- The Linguistic Weaponry of the "Tomahawk Man": Poe's Critical Reviews -- Catalogue of Rhetorical and Other Literary Terms in Poe's Works -- The Terms by Type -- Stauffer on Poe's "Five Styles" -- Paranoid Schizophrenia in "The Tell-Tale Heart."

"Poe may have left a significant legacy in American literature, transforming the short story and developing the genres of psychological thriller and detective story, but his prose has often come under attack as unreadable and has led to a volatile debate over his style. Through an examination of several of Poe's most important tales and a catalogue of literary and rhetorical terms illustrated with examples, Brett Zimmerman evaluates the author's technical artistry and convincingly defends him a an apt stylist"--Provided by publisher

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