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Poe Edgar Allan - The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket And Related Tales - Paperback
Poe Edgar Allan - The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket And Related Tales - Paperback
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Description: And now I found these fancies creating their own realities and all imagined horrors crowding upon me in fact'. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is an archetypal American story of escape from home and family which traces a young man's rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death during a fateful sea voyage. But it also goes much deeper as Pym encounters various interpretative dilemmas at last leaving the reader with a broken - off ending that defies solution. Apart from its violence and mystery the tale calls attention to the act of writing and to the problem of representing truth. Layer upon layer of elaborate hoaxes include its author's own role of posing as ghost - writer of the narrative; Pym - his only novel - has become the key text for our understanding of Poe. This edition offers eight short tales which are linked to Pym by their treatment of persistent themes - fantastic voyages gigantic whirlpools and premature burials - or by their ironic commentary on Poe's mystification of his readers. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket And Related Tales
Author(s): Poe Edgar Allan, Kennedy, J. Gerald (Professor Of English, Professor Of English, Louisiana State University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199540471
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 8/1/2008
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Short Stories
Description: And now I found these fancies creating their own realities and all imagined horrors crowding upon me in fact'. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is an archetypal American story of escape from home and family which traces a young man's rite of passage through a series of terrible brushes with death during a fateful sea voyage. But it also goes much deeper as Pym encounters various interpretative dilemmas at last leaving the reader with a broken - off ending that defies solution. Apart from its violence and mystery the tale calls attention to the act of writing and to the problem of representing truth. Layer upon layer of elaborate hoaxes include its author's own role of posing as ghost - writer of the narrative; Pym - his only novel - has become the key text for our understanding of Poe. This edition offers eight short tales which are linked to Pym by their treatment of persistent themes - fantastic voyages gigantic whirlpools and premature burials - or by their ironic commentary on Poe's mystification of his readers. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket And Related Tales
Author(s): Poe Edgar Allan, Kennedy, J. Gerald (Professor Of English, Professor Of English, Louisiana State University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199540471
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 8/1/2008
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Short Stories
