Balancing Between Sensitization and Repression: The Role of Opium in the Life and Art of Edgar Allan Poe and Samuel Taylor Coleridge

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (13) ◽  
pp. 1613-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fruzsina Iszáj ◽  
Zsolt Demetrovics
Keyword(s):  
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ◽  
Edgar Allan Poe

scholarly journals Symbolism in Poe's "The Haunted Palace"

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Fiola Kuhon
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Single Word

ABSTRACTPoetry always has a unique charm that captivates and draws the reader into its figurative world. One of the most interesting charm is symbolism used by the poet, in one single word lays a deeper explanation beyond what is perceptible by the eyes. Therefore, the aim of this research was to reveal the symbolism in “The Haunted Palace”, a gothic-themed poetry written by a well-known poet Sir Edgar Allan Poe. Having analyzed this poetry, the writer later found that Poe’s “The Haunted Palace” has some unique symbols used by the poet himself. Despite of writing long and descriptive lines, the poet chose appropriate symbols that lead the readers to think and conjecturing more deeply. Every symbol used in “The Haunted Palace” represents simplicity, authenticity and brilliancy of Poe himself. Thus, a symbolism holds a very important role of poetry. It is not only pleasantly presented but also elucidating things beyond its literal substance. It proves that Poe’s “The Haunted Palace” is pleasant to be read but difficult to be interpreted.Keywords: poetry, symbolism, The Haunted Palace, Edgar Allan Poe 

scholarly journals Simbolismo e modernismo na ilustração literária de Harry Clarke

2019 ◽  
pp. 229-249
Author(s):  
Fabricio Vaz Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ◽  
William Butler Yeats ◽  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Western World ◽  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
John Millington Synge

Este trabalho aborda a obra do artista irlandês Harry Clarke (1889-1931), buscando demonstrar a especificidade dos aspectos simbolistas e decadentistas presentes na sua ilustração literária, marcada pela influência do ilustrador inglês Aubrey Beardsley e diretamente ligada ao contexto nacionalista do Irish Revival e do movimento Arts and Crafts irlandês. Como ilustrador, Clarke foi um intérprete, no meio visual, de textos essenciais para o simbolismo de língua inglesa, como A balada do velho marinheiro, de Samuel Taylor Coleridge e os Contos de mistério e imaginação de Edgar Allan Poe, incluindo a poesia nacionalista e medievalizante da primeira fase de William Butler Yeats. Por outro lado, afastando-se do simbolismo profético de Yeats, Clarke também ilustrou textos que problematizavam a dimensão nacionalista do Irish Revival, como a polêmica peça The playboy of the western world, do dramaturgo irlandês John Millington Synge. A análise das relações estabelecidas entre as ilustrações, os textos literários e o seu contexto cultural caracteriza a obra de Harry Clarke como manifestação de um decadentismo tardio dentro do qual eclodem aspectos marcadamente modernos, presentes nas imagens deformantes e insólitas criadas para a edição de 1925 do Fausto de Goethe.

scholarly journals Semiotic Reading of Edgar Allan Poe's Poem "The Raven"

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Parisa Rostami Balan
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Power Of Words

What do we mean by semiotics and what is the role of semiotics in communication? How can we apply semiotics in literary works? Is that really possible? When we are talking about sign system there are so many questions that rush to our mind which are unanswered, this is because of our infinitesimal knowledge on semiotics and sign system. We have so many authors showing the power of words in their works and they highlighted those words in their masterpieces. So words play a great role in communication and transformation of information and they believe that each word belongs to a system which we call it sign system. In general this paper attempts to show semiotics in general; how, why and when it came into existence and we will apply this approach on a poem called “the raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

Retrospectives

2019 ◽  
pp. 210-228
Author(s):  
Peter Auger
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Literary History ◽  
William Wordsworth ◽  
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Robert Southey

Although Devine Weekes was read and admired throughout the seventeenth century, writers came to regard it as an outdated gathering of mythical information. Later seventeenth- and eighteenth-century poets (such as Susanna Hopton, Thomas Ellwood, and Richard Blackmore) continued to test the relation between faith, empiricism, and poetry with Du Bartas as a distant precursor. The Lake Poets (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey) remembered Du Bartas’ place in literary history, perhaps aware that he was an oblique precursor to literary Romanticism, even if he ignored the role of the creative consciousness. Du Bartas’ poetry should not just be read for its historical significance or as a source for other writers, but in dialogue with those who read and imitated his works.

Words Are for the Birds: “Non-reasoning Creatures Capable of Speech” in the Writings of Schreber and Poe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Conway
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Daniel Paul Schreber ◽  
American Poet ◽  
Materiality Of Language ◽  
Analogous Effect ◽  
Poetic Composition

This chapter explores the role of talking birds in the work of Freud’s famous patient Daniel Paul Schreber and the American poet Edgar Allan Poe. As a way to resist the persecution of talking birds in his Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Schreber privileged voice over speech, phone over logos, in ways comparable to the principles of poetic composition described by Poe in his choice of the raven as a “non-reasoning creature capable of speech.” An analogous effect is found in the nonhuman voice of the automaton at the center of Poe’s 1839 story “The Man That Was Used Up.” Reading the works of Schreber and Poe together, the chapter shows how the writings of both insist on the sonic materiality of language and demonstrate the liberating potential of puns.

scholarly journals A Comparative Analysis of the Conversational Elements in S. T. Coleridge’s ‘Frost At Midnight’ and Badr Shakir Al-Sayyab’s ‘ Marha Ghailan’

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Taymaa Hussein Kheirbek
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ◽  
Subjective Experiences

<p>The conversation poem is a genre of poetry mostly associated with Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is usually characterized by being personal, emotional in nature, and often drawing on real events from the poet's life. This paper presents a comparative study of the conversational elements in S. T. Coleridge’s ‘Frost at Midnight’ and Badr Shaker Al-Sayyab’s ‘Marha Ghailan’. Similarity in focus, content, and style are going to be studied. In addition to that, certain points are going to be discussed and compared like; the minimalistic setting, the subjective experiences of both poets, the role of nature, the use of religion and myths, and the role given to the conversational partners. </p>

Coleridge and Shakespeare

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Mahoney
Keyword(s):  
William Shakespeare ◽  
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ◽  
Close Reading

This article examines the role of Samuel Taylor Coleridge as a critic of William Shakespeare. It discusses the loss of Coleridge's notebook for the Lectures on the Principles of Poetry, which made it difficult to accurately assess his criticism on Shakespeare. The article suggests that the innovations of Coleridge's criticism came out of the depths of his own mind and years of thinking on the principles of poetry, while his close reading of Shakespeare provided him with the necessary figures, accidents, and minutiae to substantiate his claims.

scholarly journals Reading Literature in the Time of Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Betty Sianturi
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Ecological Problem ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper contextualizes the role of literature during the current state of Covid-19 outbreak. As representation of plague has been a stable in literature across time and space, reading literature about pandemic offers important insights in dealing with the changing period. This study offers a reading of ‘The Marque of Red Death’, a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe which dramatizes the outbreak of titular plague. Poe’s narration contextualizes the horrifying aspects of plague and also criticizes the social inequality concerning the ability of different social classes to cope with pandemic. Hence, this depiction asserts that ecological problem is inseparable with social problem and racial inequality. This study is conducted under ecocritical framework which emphasizes the reorientation of human and non-human relationship through the imaginary literature. The findings suggest that the non-human entity in form of plague is depicted as a disruptive force that abolish the progress of human civilization. This dramatization explores humanity to ponder their position in the world as a reminder of their mortality. The analysis suggests that during the troubled era of Covid-19 outbreak, reading representation of plague in literature can provide an idea with how people across time and space cope with pandemic outbreak.

scholarly journals El tono en poesía

2020 ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Blanca Alberta Rodríguez-Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Octavio Paz ◽  
Paul Valery ◽  
Poetic Discourse ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Paul Valéry ◽  
Poetic Texts ◽  
Sobre Todo

El presente artículo tiene como finalidad mostrar que el tono –en sus dimensiones acústica, prosódica y, sobre todo, tensiva– es creador de efectos de sentido de tipo patémico. En otras palabras, se afirma que el tono es un productor de afectos en el discurso poético. La primera parte se dedica a una reflexión general sobre la poesía como un género orientado a suscitar la experiencia sensible a través de la configuración de un determinado tono. Posteriormente, se acota el concepto de tono. Por último, se analizan diferentes textos poéticos de autores de habla hispana –como Octavio Paz, María Teresa Andruetto, entre otros– a fin de conocer qué recursos discursivos se conjugan para modular el tono; se pone especial atención al papel del metro y del ritmo. El punto de vista adoptado conjuga las lúcidas reflexiones de poetas como Paul Valéry y Edgar Allan Poe, así como la perspectiva de la semiótica tensiva de Claude Zilberberg, sin olvidar algunos planteamientos de la estilística española establecidos por Dámaso Alonso y Tomás Navarro Tomás.The aim in this article is to expose that tone – in its acoustic, prosodic and, most of all tensive dimensions– is the creator of pathic-like sense effects. In other words, it is an affirmation regarding tone is a producer of affections in poetic discourse. The first part of this paper is dedicated to a general reflection on poetry as a genre oriented to arouse sensitive experience through the configuration of a particular tone. In the second part, the concept of tone is defined. Finally, three different Spanish-speaking poetic texts are analyzed –among them authors such as Octavio Paz and María Teresa Andruetto– in order to recognize what kind of discursive means are imbricated to modulate tone; it is paid special attention to the role of metrics and rhythm. The point of view adopted comes back to lucid reflections of poets such as Paul Valéry and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as insight on tense stylistics by Claude Zilberberg, without forgetting some approaches from Spanish stylistics as established by Dámaso Alonso and Tomás Navarro.

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