'Voyage to the Moon' and Other Imaginary Lunar Flights of Fancy in Antebellum America (Anthem Nineteenth-century)

Author: Gutjahr, Paul C.

Brand: Anthem Press

Edition: Illustrated

EAN: 9781783087402

Release Date: 22-03-2018

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 274

Details: 'Voyage to the Moon' And Other Imaginary Lunar Flights of Fancy in Antebellum America gathers for the first time in a scholarly critical edition four moon voyage stories published by Americans prior to the Civil War. Included in this volume are the works by 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 its textual and cultural history.