Document Type

Journal Article

Role

Author

Standard Number

1947-4644

Journal Title

Poe Studies: History, Theory, and Interpretation

Volume

43

Issue

1

First Page

7

Last Page

33

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

First delivered as a paper at the Poe conference in Philadelphia in 2009, this extended version reveals how Poe's mesmeric tale can help us rethink trauma theory before Freud. Poe's strategic use of archival materials concerning an 18th-century insurrection in India provides compelling insight into the transmission of affect in the construction of global histories. --author-supplied description

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