The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of Ame

Description: The Reason for the Darkness of the Night by John Tresch Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description An innovative new biography of Edgar Allan Poe — highlighting his infatuation, feuds, and fascination with science and the mountebanks, mystics, and experimenters of his time. Publisher Description We all think we know Poe-the most popular American writer around the world, dissolute puzzle-maker, pioneer of detective fiction, and author of haunting, atmospheric verse. But what if there was another side to the man who wrote "The Raven" and "The Fall of the House of Usher"? What if Poe were as well known for his speculations about the birth of the universe or his "Sonnet-to Science"?In The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science, John Tresch offers a bold new life of one of the nineteenth centurys most iconic writers. By shining a spotlight on a time when the line between speculative endeavors and scientific inquiry was blurred, Tresch reveals Poe to have been much more than a practitioner of science fiction-in fact, he was an avid commentator on scientific developments, publishing and circulating in literary milieux that also played host to lectures and demonstrations by the eras most prominent scientists, semi-scientists, and pseudo-intellectual rogues. As one newspaper put it, "Mr. Poe is not merely a man of science-not merely a poet-not merely a man of letters. He is all combined; and perhaps he is something more."Beginning with his study of mathematics and engineering at West Point, and taking us through the tumultuous years leading up to publication of "The Raven," Tresch shows that Poe nurtured a fascination with science from his earliest days as a writer. In works such as "A Descent into the Maelstrom" and "Mesmeric Revelation," Poe explored subjects ranging from the physics of vortices to occult psychology, later turning his attention to the origins of the universe in a dazzling lecture that would win the admiration of Albert Einstein and other twentieth-century physicists. Throughout, he lived and suffered for his ideas, and remained a figure of brilliant contradiction: he gleefully exposed the hoaxes of the eras pseudo-scientific fraudsters even as he perpetrated hoaxes himself.The Reason for the Darkness of the Night is the richest portrait yet of a writer whose life is synonymous with mystery and an entertaining, erudite tour of the world of American science just as it was beginning to come into its own. Author Biography John Tresch is Professor and Mellon Chair in History of Art, Science, and Folk Practice at the Warburg Institute, London. He has held fellowships at the New York Public Library, the Institute for Advanced Studies, and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, and has been a visiting researcher at Kings College London and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He is the author of The Romantic Machine: Utopian Science and Technology After Napoleon. Details ISBN 1250849403 ISBN-13 9781250849403 Title The Reason for the Darkness of the Night Author John Tresch Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 448 Publisher St Martins Press GE_Item_ID:138211118; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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