Irony allowed E. A. Poe to both contemplate and protect himself from his multiple obsessions and ‘The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether' clearly confronts some of them. In this paper Poe's writing fixation and his fears to be mentally ill are analyzed. Moreover, the author demonstrates how social, economic, and ethnic disparities affected both the consideration and the treatment of the insane in the progressive America of the nineteenth century.
E.A. Poe’s ‘The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether’: Siting America’s Insanity
FARGIONE, Daniela
2012-01-01
Abstract
Irony allowed E. A. Poe to both contemplate and protect himself from his multiple obsessions and ‘The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether' clearly confronts some of them. In this paper Poe's writing fixation and his fears to be mentally ill are analyzed. Moreover, the author demonstrates how social, economic, and ethnic disparities affected both the consideration and the treatment of the insane in the progressive America of the nineteenth century.
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