By the time that Edgar Allan Poe started writing professionally, the Industrial Revolution had introduced many dramatic advancements that affected the lifestyles and culture of the nineteenth-century public. For example,
Tag: Nineteenth-Century Science
Poe Has “Some Words With a Mummy”
Poe’s tale, “Some Words with a Mummy” (1845) provides one of his most informative views about the value of nineteenth-century science. Although the narrator of this short story does not
The Challenge of Evaluating Poe’s, Eureka: A Prose Poem
Reprinted with permission from the Richmond, Virginia Poe Museum In my last column, I discussed the reasons that I decided not to focus my entire Master’s Thesis research on Poe’s
Bringing Litchatte.com Back on Line___________________!
My apologies to the regular and new Litchatte.com readers and subscribers. My site was essentially offline for the last week or so. While I was working with the developers to
Proposing to Evalaute Poe’s Eureka: A Prose Poem
First, I am going to propose what a researcher might have to do to conduct a comprehensive study of Poe’s 1848 book, Eureka: A Prose Poem. Then, I am going to
Poe’s Importance in the History of Nineteenth-Century Science
I first published this article two weeks ago in the Poe and Science Blog (found under the tab, Museum News) for the Richmond Edgar Allan Poe Museum (www.poemuseum.org). Under an agreement
Walking with Eddie: Edgar Allan Poe and Science—Part I
This article was originally written by Murray Ellison and is being republished by him here with the generous permission of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia (www.poemuseum.org). The