Edgar A. Poe y las artes: el ideario artístico sugerido a través de "The Assignation"

Abstract

EnglishAbstract: The literary legacy of Edgar Allan Poe has been identified by the popular culture, rather than the historiography, as belonging to the Gothic universe and the horror tales. However, many current studies have noted the variety of topics present in the work of the Bostonian. This is partly due to the training acquired as a literary reviewer when working in several journals and newspapers, and his interest for being well informed about European and Eastern historical and artistic facts and the pioneering scientific discoveries of the 19th century. In this sense, the references to the Fine Arts are constant in his work, being in some cases the very core of his narrations. We intend to examine how, with a careful and expert language, he presents the reader a picture of the ideal collector and his aesthetic principles throughout the tale "The Assignation." EnglishResumen: El legado literario de Edgar Allan Poe ha sido asociado por la cultura popular, mas que por la historiografia, al mundo gotico y la escritura de terror. No obstante, muchos estudios actuales inciden en la amplitud de tematicas presentes en la obra del escritor bostoniano. Ello se debe en parte a la formacion adquirida como revisor literario en prensa y la satisfaccion por aprender tanto los sucesos historico-artisticos europeos y orientales como los novedosos progresos cientificos desarrolladas durante el siglo XIX. En este sentido, las referencias al mundo de las Bellas Artes son constantes en su obra, configurando en algunos casos la accion misma de sus narraciones. Pretendemos examinar como, desde un lenguaje cuidado y experto, sugiere al lector una idea del coleccionista ideal y de sus criterios esteticos a lo largo del cuento “La cita”.