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Title: |
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket |
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| By (author): |
Edgar Allan Poe Edited by: Frederick S Frank, Diane Hoeveler |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551118386 : 9781551118383 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
294 |
| Weight: |
.400 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - July 2010 |
| List Price: |
21.50 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| Edgar Allan Poeâ s only long fiction has provoked intense scholarly discussions about its meaning since its first publication. The novel relates the adventures of Pym after he stows away on a whaling ship, where he endures starvation, encounters with cannibals, a whirlpool, and finally a journey to an Antarctic sea. It draws on the conventions of travel writing and science fiction, and on Poeâ s own experiences at sea, but is ultimately in a category of its own. Appendices include virtually all of the contemporary sources of exploration and south polar navigation that Poe consulted and adapted to the narrative, together with reviews and notices of Pym and a sampling of responses to the novel from a wide array of authors, from Herman Melville to Jules Verne. Seven illustrations are also included. |
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