Symbolic Transitions as Modalities of Aging: Intertextuality in the Life and Works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Edgar Allan Poe - Couverture souple

Miquel-Baldellou, Marta

 
9783659958557: Symbolic Transitions as Modalities of Aging: Intertextuality in the Life and Works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Edgar Allan Poe
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659958557 ISBN 13 : 9783659958557
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

The nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe published a series of reviews of the literary works of the Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton that evince that Poe was particularly well-acquainted with some of Bulwer-Lytton’s novels. Given these preliminary signs of intertextuality, this book is grounded within the theoretical framework of comparative literature, and particularly, of transatlantic literary studies, which focus on the historical influence existing between British and American literature years after the American War of Independence, as well as the theoretical frameworks of biographical studies and aging studies, being especially based on the premise that the perceptions of aging are culturally conditioned. Taking into consideration these frameworks, this book aims to identify the intertextualities existing between the literary works of Poe and Bulwer-Lytton, and detect shared symbolic transitions in the lives of both authors from their youth until their late years, which are reflected in their works, with the ultimate purpose of decoding the different modalities of aging that the authors displayed as symptomatic of their respective cultures.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The nineteenth-century American author Edgar Allan Poe published a series of reviews of the literary works of the Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton that evince that Poe was particularly well-acquainted with some of Bulwer-Lytton’s novels. Given these preliminary signs of intertextuality, this book is grounded within the theoretical framework of comparative literature, and particularly, of transatlantic literary studies, which focus on the historical influence existing between British and American literature years after the American War of Independence, as well as the theoretical frameworks of biographical studies and aging studies, being especially based on the premise that the perceptions of aging are culturally conditioned. Taking into consideration these frameworks, this book aims to identify the intertextualities existing between the literary works of Poe and Bulwer-Lytton, and detect shared symbolic transitions in the lives of both authors from their youth until their late years, which are reflected in their works, with the ultimate purpose of decoding the different modalities of aging that the authors displayed as symptomatic of their respective cultures.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dr. Marta Miquel-Baldellou (BA, MA, PhD) is a member of the research group Dedal-Lit at the University of Lleida. Her main areas of interest are comparative literature, nineteenth-century fiction, and aging studies. The results of her research have been published in international journals on aging, such as 'Age, Culture, Humanities' in the USA.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659958557
ISBN 13 
9783659958557
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
612
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