The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- First Published: 1838
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Gothic fiction
- Subjects: Voyages, Nineteenth century, Islands, Storms, Ships, Sailing or sailors, Sea or seafaring life, Adventure, Horror, South Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Cannibalism, Mutiny
- Locales: Oceans, Antarctica, Nantucket Island
Places Discussed
*Nantucket. Major whaling port on an island south of Cape Cod in southern Massachusetts. While all the place-names are real, one senses a certain amount of biographical and metafictional game-playing and hoaxing. For example, sixteen- year-old Pym initially reports that he was born in Nantucket and that his grandfather (his guardian) has speculated successfully in the stocks of the Edgarton New Bank. This rather placid, matter-of-fact beginning—strewn with descriptions of ships and docks—is abruptly followed by a harrowing escape from a shipwreck in a...
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