The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (Pt 2 - Commentary)

The Troubadour Podcast

English - January 28, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MB
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I will be arguing that Science Fiction is the genre of fantasy literature that uses science as a backdrop of plausibility. Moreover, that is an important genre for our present day, as its themes and style very much do influence our modern world.

We will be comparing Edgar Allan Poe's Rhetoric of Science style of writing with Nathanial Hawthorne and Mary Shelley's romantic style of writing.

We will also delve into this story by Poe, its impact at the time of publishing it, and the lessons we have yet to learn from it.