The Reason for the Darkness of the Night
Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: pages cm
"A biography of Edgar Allan Poe with an emphasis on his engagement with the scientists and scientific discoveries of his era"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part I: From Allan to Poe -- The Young Astronomer -- In Jefferson's Experiment -- Exile, Artificer, Cadet -- Part II: Setting Sail -- A Baltimore Apprenticeship -- Richmond: The Palpable Obscure - Delirious Design -- Part III: Philadelphia -- The Athens of America -- Methods Grotesque and Arabesque -- Dizzy Heights -- The Tide Turns -- The March of Science and Quacks -- Part IV: New York City -- The Market for Novelty -- A Man of Wonders -- The Imp of the Perverse -- Part V: To the Plutonian Shore -- A Spectacle for Angels -- The Plots of God -- Falling Star -- Conclusion: From a Lighthouse.
Subjects:
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Knowledge and learning.
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Knowledge and learning.
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
ISBN:
0374247854
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BIOGRAPHY Poe, Edgar Allan | Southeast | Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.