Royale Absence

The article is a chip off a projected study of Poe’s rewritings of Shakespearian tragedy. The moving force at the centre of “The Purloined Letter” is the spectral presence of the King, but a close reading of “The Purloined Letter” and “William Wilson” as rewritings of Hamlet reveals how much the pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henri Justin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2018-12-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/7343