The Complete Works of Edgar Allan PoeCosimo, Inc., 1 ian. 2009 - 360 pagini American poet, fiction writer, and literary critic EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) pioneered the short story, popularized romantic Gothic fiction in the United States in the 19th century, and almost single-handedly invented the genre of detective fiction. Appreciating Poe's work is essential to any understanding of American literature. Here, in 10 volumes, is the complete oeuvre of this American original. Available again in Cosimo's beautiful replica of the 1902 edition, finely illustrated by Canadian artist FREDERICK SIMPSON COBURN (1871-1960), and edited and with a critical introduction by American literary historian and journalist CHARLES F. RICHARDSON (1851-1913), this is a collection readers will treasure. Volume X: Miscellany features: [ "Maelzel's Chess-Player" [ "Philosophy of Furniture" [ "Cryptography" [ "Anastatic Printing" [ "Eureka-An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe" [ and more. This volume also includes the title index for the entire 10-volume series. |
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... equal dimen- sions , and two drawers occupying that portion of the chest lying beneath the cupboards . The foregoing observations apply to the appearance of the Automaton upon its first introduction into the presence of the spectators ...
... equal dimen- sions , and two drawers occupying that portion of the chest lying beneath the cupboards . The foregoing observations apply to the appearance of the Automaton upon its first introduction into the presence of the spectators ...
Pagina 55
... equal the length of the strip . Let this latter be rolled upon the cone near the base , edge to edge , as above described ; then , still keep- ing edge to edge , and maintaining the parchment close upon the cone , let it be gradually ...
... equal the length of the strip . Let this latter be rolled upon the cone near the base , edge to edge , as above described ; then , still keep- ing edge to edge , and maintaining the parchment close upon the cone , let it be gradually ...
Pagina 56
... equals that of the scytala upon which the cipher was written . And as in passing up the cone to its apex all possible diameters are passed over , there is no chance of a failure . The circumference of the scytala being thus ascertained ...
... equals that of the scytala upon which the cipher was written . And as in passing up the cone to its apex all possible diameters are passed over , there is no chance of a failure . The circumference of the scytala being thus ascertained ...
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Cuprins
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A Chapter on Autography | 77 |
Anastatic Printing | 162 |
EurekaAn Essay on the Material and Spiritual | 170 |
Title Index | 341 |
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