Eureka: A Prose Poem - Softcover

Poe, Edgar Allan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408663228 ISBN 13: 9781408663226

Publisher: Bibliographii Press, 2015

Synopsis

This volume contains Edgar Allan Poe's nonfiction work, “Eureka: A Prose Poem”. Often published with the subtitle "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe", it is a monograph on Poe's personal ideas about the universe and God, whom he frequently describes as an author. His last major work and largest nonfiction piece, “Eureka: A Prose Poem” comprises nearly 40,000 words. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the mind of this seminal author, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American author, editor, poet, and critic. Most famous for his stories of mystery and horror, he was one of the first American short story writers, and is widely considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, highquality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

About this title

About the Author:

Author, poet, and literary critic, Edgar Allan Poe is credited with pioneering the short story genre, inventing detective fiction, and contributing to the development of science fiction. However, Poe is best known for his works of the macabre, including such infamous titles as The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Lenore, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Part of the American Romantic Movement, Poe was one of the first writers to make his living exclusively through his writing, working for literary journals and becoming known as a literary critic. His works have been widely adapted in film. Edgar Allan Poe died of a mysterious illness in 1849 at the age of 40.

Review:

"Eureka, Poe's testament, the synthesis of his analytic ideas, offers itself as a treatise on nothing less than cosmology. Having begun as a scientific lecture, it winds up as an apocalyptic revelation.... It may be read as a rationalistic counterstatement to the metaphysics of Transcendentalism, or as a pioneering experiment in the embryonic genre of science fiction.... 'Eureka!' is his heart-cry. 'I have found it!' he breathlessly seems to announce."

About this edition

• Publisher: Bibliographii Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1408663228
• ISBN 13: 9781408663226
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164