Poe: A scientist at heart: The history of science fiction

Authors

  • Fernando J. Ballesteros Roselló University of Valencia (Spain).
  • Eusebio V. Llácer Llorca University of Valencia (Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.0.3480

Keywords:

Poe, science, science fiction, literature

Abstract

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 prolific 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 fiction, then Poe was undoubtedly the grandfather.

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Author Biographies

Fernando J. Ballesteros Roselló, University of Valencia (Spain).

Researcher at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Valencia (Spain).  

Eusebio V. Llácer Llorca, University of Valencia (Spain).

Professor at the Department of English and German Philology. University of Valencia (Spain).  

References

Beaver, H. (ed.), 1976. The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe. Penguin Books. Harmondsworth.

Mabbott, T. O., 2000. Edgar Allan Poe, Tales & Sketches. University of Illinois Press. Chicago.

Poe, E. A., 2009. The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe Cosimo. New York.

Quinn, A. H. and S. Rosenheim, 1998 [1941]. Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Johns Hopkins UP. Baltimore.

Shaw, R., 1988. The Ragged Astronauts. Baen. New York.

Vincelette, E., 2008. «Beauty, Truth and the World: the Prophecy and Theology of Poe’s “Eureka”». E. A. Poe Review, IX(2): 36-54.

Walsh, L., 2006. Sins Against Science: the Scientific Media Hoaxes of Poe, Twain, and Others. State University of New York. Albany.

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Published

2015-04-16

How to Cite

Ballesteros Roselló, F. J., & Llácer Llorca, E. V. (2015). Poe: A scientist at heart: The history of science fiction. Metode Science Studies Journal, (5), 97–101. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.0.3480
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The light of science (2015)

Section

Crossroads. Where science and literature meet

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