“My Baptismal Name is Egaeus”: Assessing Hellenic Allusions in Poe's “Berenice”

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Dimitrios Tsokanos

Abstract

Edgar Allan Poe's “Berenice” has been investigated from a number of different perspectives and, over the years, scholars have particularly connected this story to Poe's biography. Furthermore, Poe's choice to name his main protagonist Egaeus, fact which may indicate a Hellenic influence on the author's literary production, has not been overlooked. However, even in meticulous studies such as Silverman's (1992) one can observe that Poe's engagement with the Hellenic past in “Berenice” has not been examined in depth. The present paper aims to delineate Hellenic allusions that are apparent in the tale, offering an additional connection between Poe's narrative and ancient Greece which has not been sufficiently emphasized by relevant literature in this field of Poe studies. 

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“My Baptismal Name is Egaeus”: Assessing Hellenic Allusions in Poe’s “Berenice”. (2017). VERBEIA. Revista De Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies, 3(2), 214-223. https://doi.org/10.57087/Verbeia.2017.4221

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