Death to be remembered. Melancholy topographies and images of oblivion in Edgar Allan Poe’s poems

This article aims at analyzing Edgar Allan Poe’s poetic language regarding the creation of images and metaphors to talk about death, in special, images of melancholy and oblivion. From the melancholy theoretical point of view and the concept of melancholy, it is also the purpose of this article to m...

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Main Author:	Adolfo Frota
Format:	Article
Language:	Portuguese
Published:	Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados 2015-01-01
Series:	ArReDia
Subjects:	Morte. Melancolia. Memória. Esquecimento.
Online Access:	http://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/arredia/article/view/3344

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spelling	doaj-b4d71b8bcbed4891bc02a8893fd14c3a2020-11-25T01:29:45ZporUniversidade Federal da Grande DouradosArReDia2316-61692015-01-013514341825Death to be remembered. Melancholy topographies and images of oblivion in Edgar Allan Poe’s poemsAdolfo FrotaThis article aims at analyzing Edgar Allan Poe’s poetic language regarding the creation of images and metaphors to talk about death, in special, images of melancholy and oblivion. From the melancholy theoretical point of view and the concept of melancholy, it is also the purpose of this article to make a brief research of the theme, and then an analysis of four poems by Poe: “The Lake”, “The City in the Sea”, “The Coliseum” and “Ulalume”.http://ojs.ufgd.edu.br/index.php/arredia/article/view/3344Morte. Melancolia. Memória. Esquecimento.
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title	Death to be remembered. Melancholy topographies and images of oblivion in Edgar Allan Poe’s poems
title_short	Death to be remembered. Melancholy topographies and images of oblivion in Edgar Allan Poe’s poems
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description	This article aims at analyzing Edgar Allan Poe’s poetic language regarding the creation of images and metaphors to talk about death, in special, images of melancholy and oblivion. From the melancholy theoretical point of view and the concept of melancholy, it is also the purpose of this article to make a brief research of the theme, and then an analysis of four poems by Poe: “The Lake”, “The City in the Sea”, “The Coliseum” and “Ulalume”.
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Death to be remembered. Melancholy topographies and images of oblivion in Edgar Allan Poe’s poems

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