Romancing the shadow
Poe, edgar allan, 1809-1849
Slavery in literature
Rassenfrage
Noirs américains dans la littérature
Race in literature
Rassismus
Pensée politique et sociale
Littérature et société
Ethnische Beziehungen
Amerikaans
African Americans in literature
University of South Alabama
Literature and society
Letterkunde
Political and social views
Literatur
Criticism and interpretation
History
Edgar Allen Poe's strength as a writer lay in fabricating fantisies in settings far removed from his own place and time. This dislocation renders the attitudes embedded in his fiction open to interpretation, and over the years some readers have found Poe to be virulently racist, while others found h…
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