The Purloined Poe
Subtitle: Lacan, Derrida, and Psychoanalytic Reading
Contributors: John P. Muller (Editor); William J. Richardson (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 1, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780801832932
Subjects: Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory; Purloined letter; Poe, Edgar Allan,; History and criticism; Theory, etc; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Psychology in literature; Literary Criticism; Psychological fiction, American; Psychoanalysis and literature; American - General; Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism & Collections / Theory; United States; 1809-1849; Psychological fiction, America
First sentence: Poe wrote J. R. Lowell on July 2, 1844, that " 'The Purloined Letter,' forthcoming in 'The Gift' is perhaps the best of my tales of ratiocination."