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Title: The Rationale of Deception in Poe (Southern Literary Studies) by David Ketterer ISBN: 0-8071-0561-9 Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 October, 1979 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $27.50

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: one of the best critical attempts of Poe's work.
Comment: There have been more well known academic studies of Poe's work (such as Daniel Hoffman's " Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe") but this is one of the best ones and deserves to be better known. Poe is still one of America's most avant garde writers and as Gore Vidal wittily wrote "the primal fount of American literature." Ketterer's book is not a complete success (his analysis of "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Ligeia" is flawed); however his insights into Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Black Cat," and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," are excellent and never resort to pseudo-freudian criticism to explain the author's psyche. David Ketterer's book provides a firm understanding of Poe and his mysterious work. I recommend to all students or lovers of literature.