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by: Alfred R. Wallace
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.3
EAN: 9780838301036
ISBN: 0838301037
Label: Haskell House Pub Ltd
Manufacturer: Haskell House Pub Ltd
Publication Date: 1970-06
Publisher: Haskell House Pub Ltd
Sales Rank: 6808380
Studio: Haskell House Pub Ltd
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Book Description:
A series of 17 letters from Wallace to Ernest Marriot concerning Poe's scientific erudition in 'Eureka' and his authorship of 'Leonainie.'
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Rating: - an incident in the history of poe--and wallace--studies
Shortly after the turn of the century Wallace published two articles in "Fortnightly Review" concerning what he thought was the discovery of a previously-unknown Poe poem titled "Leonainie." He was soon told that the poem was a prank played by the Indiana writer James Whitcomb Riley, but at first refused to believe that intelligence. The Marriot letters contain a good deal of analysis by Wallace on the poem, and are informative both with respect to Poe studies, and to Wallace himself, who is known ... Read More
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