The reason for the darkness of the night: Edgar Allan Poe and the forging of American science
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"A biography of Edgar Allan Poe with an emphasis on his engagement with the scientists and scientific discoveries of his era"--
Tresch reveals Poe's obsession with science and lifelong ambition to advance and question human knowledge. Even as he composed dazzling works of fiction, he remained an avid and often combative commentator on new discoveries, publishing and hustling in literary scenes that also hosted the era's most prominent scientists, semi-scientists, and pseudo-intellectual rogues. In showing that Poe lived, thought, and suffered surrounded by science, Tresch shows that many of his most renowned and imaginative works can best be understood in its company. -- adapted from jacket.
Tresch reveals Poe's obsession with science and lifelong ambition to advance and question human knowledge. Even as he composed dazzling works of fiction, he remained an avid and often combative commentator on new discoveries, publishing and hustling in literary scenes that also hosted the era's most prominent scientists, semi-scientists, and pseudo-intellectual rogues. In showing that Poe lived, thought, and suffered surrounded by science, Tresch shows that many of his most renowned and imaginative works can best be understood in its company. -- adapted from jacket.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
Autobiography
Biographies
Biography
Electronic books
History
Knowledge and learning
Poe, Edgar Allan
Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849
Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Knowledge and learning
Science
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Science fiction
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography
Autobiography
Biographies
Biography
Electronic books
History
Knowledge and learning
Poe, Edgar Allan
Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849
Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Knowledge and learning
Science
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Science fiction
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