Título : | The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | Autores: | Edgar Allan Poe, Autor | Mención de edición: | 1ª | Editorial: | Penguin Books Ltd | Fecha de publicación: | 1976 | Colección: | Literature | Número de páginas: | 429 p | Dimensiones: | 18 cm | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-14-043106-3 | Idioma : | Inglés (eng) | Clasificación: | :Inglés:Literatura:Lecturas Originales
| Resumen: | Through this new specculative fiction he sought to be the comprehensive theorist and seer of an age dominated by electro-magnetism, and which witnessed the intensive exploitation of mechanical inventions and a parallel boom in all forms of transcendentalism. His tales of galvanism, mesmerism, time travel, resurrection of the dead and demonic possession are marked by a bravado of thought, and imaginative sweep and a sheer effrontery which is breathtaking. |
The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe [texto impreso] / Edgar Allan Poe, Autor . - 1ª . - [S.l.] : Penguin Books Ltd, 1976 . - 429 p ; 18 cm. - ( Literature) . ISBN : 978-0-14-043106-3 Idioma : Inglés ( eng) Clasificación: | :Inglés:Literatura:Lecturas Originales
| Resumen: | Through this new specculative fiction he sought to be the comprehensive theorist and seer of an age dominated by electro-magnetism, and which witnessed the intensive exploitation of mechanical inventions and a parallel boom in all forms of transcendentalism. His tales of galvanism, mesmerism, time travel, resurrection of the dead and demonic possession are marked by a bravado of thought, and imaginative sweep and a sheer effrontery which is breathtaking. |
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