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- Title
IDENTITY AND ENCLOSURE IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "WILLIAM WILSON".
- Authors
Engel, Leonard W.
- Abstract
Examines the role of the enclosure in the short story “William Wilson,” by 19th-century American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Influence of enclosure on character; Ways in which Poe's enclosures illuminate the protagonist's isolation from the rest of the world; Argument that physical confinements are closely related to the personal identity of the narrator; Critics' interpretation of the tale as an allegory on the nature of self-identity.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WILLIAM Wilson (Short story); POE, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; IMPRISONMENT in literature; IDENTITY (Psychology) in literature; 19TH century American fiction
- Publication
CLA Journal, 1985, Vol 29, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
0007-8549
- Publication type
Article