"Reader Response and the Interpretation of "Hop-Frog," "How to Write a Blackwood Article," and "The Tell-Tale Heart"" by Brian Yothers

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Reader Response and the Interpretation of "Hop-Frog," "How to Write a Blackwood Article," and "The Tell-Tale Heart"

Approaches to Teaching Poe's Prose and Poetry (2008)

Brian Yothers, University of Texas at El Paso

Abstract

This essay discusses ways in which reader response can enrich the teaching of Poe's short fiction.

Keywords

Reader response,
Edgar Allan Poe,
Race,
Slavery,
Sensational Fiction,
Pedagogy

Disciplines

American Literature

Publication Date

2008

Editor

Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Tony Magistrale

Publisher

Modern Language Association

Series

Approaches to Teaching World Literature

Publisher Statement

This work is copyrighted by the Modern Language Association and used by the consent of the Modern Language Association.

Citation Information

Brian Yothers. "Reader Response and the Interpretation of "Hop-Frog," "How to Write a Blackwood Article," and "The Tell-Tale Heart"" New YorkApproaches to Teaching Poe's Prose and Poetry (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_yothers/6/