Voyage to the moon and other imaginary lunar flights of fancy in antebellum America /

This book gathers for the first time in a scholarly critical edition the four moon voyage stories published by Americans prior to the Civil War. The authors whose works are included in this edition include George Tucker, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Adams Locke and John Leonard Riddell. Along with a gen...

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Other Authors:	Tucker, George, 1775-1861, Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, Riddell, John Leonard, 1807-1867, Gutjahr, Paul C. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Science fiction, American > 19th century. Space flight to the moon > Fiction. Moon > Fiction. Interplanetary voyages > Fiction. Science fiction, American > 19th century > History and criticism. FICTION / Science Fiction / General.

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Summary:	This book gathers for the first time in a scholarly critical edition the four moon voyage stories published by Americans prior to the Civil War. The authors whose works are included in this edition include George Tucker, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Adams Locke and John Leonard Riddell. Along with a general introduction to the collection as a whole, each story has its own introductory material along with explanatory footnotes and appendixes to help identify the key points of each story's textual and cultural history.
Physical Description:	xxviii, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-244).
ISBN:	9781783087402 1783087404