Edgar Allan Poe's only long fiction has provoked intense scholarly
discussions about its meaning since its first publication. The
novel relates the adventures of Pym after he stows away on a
whaling ship, where he endures starvation, encounters with
cannibals, a whirlpool, and finally a journey to an Antarctic sea.
It draws on the conventions of travel writing and science fiction,
and on Poe's own experiences at sea, but is ultimately in a
category of its own. Appendices include virtually all of the
contemporary sources of exploration and south polar navigation that
Poe consulted and adapted to the narrative, together with reviews
and notices of Pym and a sampling of responses to the novel from a
wide array of authors, from Herman Melville to Jules Verne. Seven
illustrations are also included.
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