TY - JOUR
T1 - Superego evil and Poe's revenge tales
AU - KI, Magdalen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2013 Johns Hopkins University Press and Washington State University
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This essay analyzes the differences between traditional and Kantian retributivism. Poe's revenge tales not only highlight the intricate links between the Law and superego evil but also lay bare the agenda of the perverse subjects of the Law. Vengeance is often justified on legal grounds: law-preserving violence, lawmaking violence, and law-bending violence. And the avenger can hide behind the Law to reap surplus enjoyment in practicing evil and executing boundless revenge.
AB - This essay analyzes the differences between traditional and Kantian retributivism. Poe's revenge tales not only highlight the intricate links between the Law and superego evil but also lay bare the agenda of the perverse subjects of the Law. Vengeance is often justified on legal grounds: law-preserving violence, lawmaking violence, and law-bending violence. And the avenger can hide behind the Law to reap surplus enjoyment in practicing evil and executing boundless revenge.
UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/533926
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922382469&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/poe.2013.0013
DO - 10.1353/poe.2013.0013
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84898461572
SN - 1754-6095
VL - 46
SP - 59
EP - 77
JO - Poe Studies: History, Theory, Interpretation
JF - Poe Studies: History, Theory, Interpretation
ER -
