Edgar Allan Poe: latinista
Rivers of ink have flowed concerning Edgar Allan Poe’s life; nevertheless, many facets of this author remain to be discovered. This article will deal with one of the aspects of Edgar Allan Poe that he manifests in some of his poems and tales which, however, have gone all but unnoticed hitherto: Poe...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/trans, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Espagnol |
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | Rivers of ink have flowed concerning Edgar Allan Poe’s life; nevertheless, many facets of this author remain to be discovered. This article will deal with one of the aspects of Edgar Allan Poe that he manifests in some of his poems and tales which, however, have gone all but unnoticed hitherto: Poe as a Latinist, the concrete expression of the connections this author establishes with the classical (above all the Roman) world. This article analyzes the different quotations and allusions to Latin language and literature that accumulate in Poe’s texts, a kind of intertextuality to which he adds an interesting dose of creativity. |
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