For his ability to penetrate the obscure cells of the unconscious; for his capacity to stare at death with manifold eyes; for the sense of solitude and anguish which leaps out from his pages and which was an irresistible magnet for Charles Baudelaire, Paul Valery, Walt Whitman, H. P. Lovecraft, William Faulkner, Herman Melville, Gesualdo Bufalino, Paul Auster, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, and many others Edgar Allan Poe is the author to celebrate. In particular, the following essay can be defined as the pioneer of science fiction, as the inventor, or better, the discoverer of the genre. In particular, many short-stories will be analysed through the perspective of spatiality.

Science Fiction Spaces in some of Poe’s Short Stories

Mancini Carmela
2018-01-01

Abstract

For his ability to penetrate the obscure cells of the unconscious; for his capacity to stare at death with manifold eyes; for the sense of solitude and anguish which leaps out from his pages and which was an irresistible magnet for Charles Baudelaire, Paul Valery, Walt Whitman, H. P. Lovecraft, William Faulkner, Herman Melville, Gesualdo Bufalino, Paul Auster, Ray Bradbury, Neil Gaiman, and many others Edgar Allan Poe is the author to celebrate. In particular, the following essay can be defined as the pioneer of science fiction, as the inventor, or better, the discoverer of the genre. In particular, many short-stories will be analysed through the perspective of spatiality.
2018
978-1-5275-0387-8
space; fantastic; unconscious; science fiction
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11770/289546
 Attenzione

Attenzione! I dati visualizzati non sono stati sottoposti a validazione da parte dell'ateneo

Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact