The German Face of Edgar Allan Poe: A Study of Literary References in His Works.(Review)

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From: Journal of European Studies
Date: 19990301
Author:Horstmann-Guthrie, Ulrike

By Thomas S. Hansen with Burton R. Pollin. Columbia: Camden House, 1995. Pp. xii + 140. [pounds] 30.00.

In this book, a professor of German (Thomas S. Hansen), with the help of a professor of English (Burton R. Pollin), sets out to provide the definitive answer to the vexed question of Poe's relationship to German language and literature. The debate about this has raged since Poe's own time, but while a great deal of research has been done on his influence on German literature, hardly any exists, we are told, on its influence on him. However, in the notes to his four-volume ...

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