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Voyage to the moon and other imaginary lunar flights of fancy in antebellum America / edited by Paul C. Gutjahr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, American--19th century.
- Science fiction, American.
- Space flight to the Moon--Fiction.
- Space flight to the Moon.
- Space flight to the moon.
- Moon--Fiction.
- Moon.
- Interplanetary voyages--Fiction.
- Interplanetary voyages.
- Science fiction, American--19th century--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Voyage to the Moon and Other Early-American Tales of Lunar Adventure gathers for the first time in a scholarly critical edition the four moon voyage stories published by Americans prior to the Civil War. The authors whose works are included in this edition include: George Tucker, Edgar Allan Poe, Richard Adams Locke, and John Leonard Riddell. Along with a general introduction to the collection as a whole, each story has its own introductory material along with explanatory footnotes and appendixes to help identify the key points of each story's textual and cultural history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Tucker, George, 1775-1861. Voyage to the moon.
- Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871. Complete account of the late discoveries in the moon.
- Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Unparalleled adventure of one Hans Pfaall.
- Riddell, John Leonard, 1807-1865. Orrin Lindsay's plan of aerial navigation.
- ISBN:
- 9781783087402
- 1783087404
- OCLC:
- 1029102049
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