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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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: From Allan to Poe. The Young Astronomer ; In Jefferson's Experiment ; Exile, Artificer, Cadet
- Part II: Setting Sail. A Baltimore Apprenticeship ; Richmond: The Palpable Obscure ; Delirious Design
- Part III: Philadelphia. The Athens of America ; Methods Grotesque and Arabesque ; Dizzy Heights ; The Tide Turns ; The March of Science and Quacks
- Part IV: New York City. The Market for Novelty ; A Man of Wonders ; The Imp of the Perverse
- Part V: To the Plutonian Shore. A Spectacle for Angels ; The Plots of God ; Falling Star
- Conclusion: From a Lighthouse.