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Eureka - Annotated Edition (Alma Classics 101 Pages)

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Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end of his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life's work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and the ultimate end of the world. An idiosyncratic blend of creative writing and scientific discourse, with unexpected forays into comedy and wordplay, this self-styled "prose poem" is a genre-defying masterpiece.

Although it baffled the reading public of its time, Eureka found many prominent admirers, from Charles Baudelaire to W.H. Auden, and has since assembled an audience receptive to its unique appeal as a compendium of European thought that anticipated many current theories and discoveries while also pioneering many elements of science-fiction aesthetics.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Summary

Initially composed by Poe as a public lecture towards the end his career and considered by him the culmination of all his life’s work, Eureka is an extended treatise about the creation, existence and the ultimate end of the world.

Foreword

Although it baffled the reading public of its time, Eureka found many prominent admirers, from Charles Baudelaire to W.H. Auden, and has since assembled an audience receptive to its unique appeal as a compendium of European thought that anticipated many current theories and discoveries while also pioneering many elements of science-fiction aesthetics.

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Eureka is a fascinating work. Read this essay carefully; there is much more to it than meets the eye

Product details

Authors Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher Alma Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.08.2018
 
EAN 9781847497703
ISBN 978-1-84749-770-3
No. of pages 128
Dimensions 126 mm x 198 mm x 10 mm
Series 101 Pages series - Alma Classics
Alma Classics 101 Pages
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy

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