What is it about?
When we talk about the origins of science fiction and literature, the names Herbert G. Wells or Jules Verne immediately come to mind, indeed these prolifi c late nineteenth-century authors inspired later generations. However, few take account of Edgar Allan Poe, an author from the beginning of that century who inspired the aforementioned authors. In fact, if Verne and Wells were the fathers of science fi ction, then Poe was undoubtedly the grandfather.
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Why is it important?
It gives you some interesting examples on how science and literature are often connected
Perspectives
It's a popularized account of the relation that Poe always had with science in general and astronomy in particular
Dr Eusebio V Llacer
Universitat de Valencia
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This page is a summary of: Poe: cor científic. Els antecedents de la ciència-ficció, Metode Science Studies Journal, July 2014, Universitat de Valencia,
DOI: 10.7203/metode.82.3480.
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