Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar Allan Poe

by L.A. Fields, Seth Cadin, Clare London, et al.

Book Overview

The canon of Edgar Allan Poe, one of the foremost writers of dark and atmospheric fiction and poetry, offers readers haunted shores teeming with various erudite men brooding in the waning light over their feelings for unobtainable women. Yet, whether the tales or verses are grotesque or sinister, Poe's narrators are Outsiders, dealing with emotions that so many LGBT individuals feel: isolation and abandonment as well as loneliness and lost love...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590213343
• ISBN13: 9781590213346
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Lethe Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"