| A Descent into the Maelstrom (annotated) Contributor(s): Poe, Edgar Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1523609079 ISBN-13: 9781523609079 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.08" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.15 lbs) 40 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A Descent into the Maelstr m" is an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction. The story's opening bears a similarity to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798): in both, an excited old man tells his story of shipwreck and survival. The tale is one of sensation, emphasizing the narrator's thoughts and feelings, especially his terror of being killed in the whirlpool. The narrator uses his reasoning skills to survive and the story is considered one of Poe's early examples of science fiction. |