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The reason for the darkness of the night : Edgar Allan Poe and the forging of American science /

Tresch reveals Poe's obsession with science and lifelong ambition to advance and question human knowledge. Even as he composed dazzling works of fiction, he remained an avid and often combative commentator on new discoveries, publishing and hustling in literary scenes that also hosted the era&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tresch, John, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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.
Science.
Authors, American.
Learning and scholarship.
United States.
1800-1899
Biography.
Biographies.
History.

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