Eureka

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Edgar Allan Poe

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English

Alma Edizioni
01 November 2018

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Cosmology & the universe

Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages

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.

By: Edgar Allan Poe
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 128g
ISBN: 9781847497703
ISBN 10: 1847497705
Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages
Pages: 114
Publication Date: 01 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Boston, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was brought up by the Allan merchant family after the death of his mother and being abandoned by his father. While studying at the University of Virginia he started self-publishing volumes of poetry, and after a stint in the military began writing essays and fiction for a living. He died of unknown causes - with rabies, cholera, alcoholism and tuberculosis among the hypotheses - in Baltimore.