Edgar Allan Poe - "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" (1838) | Chrononauts Episode 22.1

Containing matters in which the Picaresque undulates via Grampusical Pendulum through the Robinsonade, Lost Race and Weird.

Timestamps:

introductions (0:00)

plot summary (3:36)

general discussion (59:17)

Bibliography:

Bailey, James Osler - "Pilgrims through space and time: trends and patterns in scientific and utopian fiction" (1972)

Haddelsey, Stephen - "Icy Graves: Exploration and Death in the Antarctic" (2018)

Kennedy, J. Gerald - "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym and the Abyss of Interpretation" (1994)

Kopley, Richard - "The Secret of Arthur Gordon Pym - The Text and the Source" (1980)

McCannon, John - "A history of the Arctic nature, exploration and exploitation" (2012)

Standish, David - "Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface" (2005)