Edgar Allan Poe and cryptography Are there hidden messages in ‘Eureka’? By René van Slooten (The Netherlands; April 2013) Introduction Edgar Allan Poe had a fascination for cryptography. And he was certainly not the only one, because in his time cryptography played an important role in society. There was no internet or telephone, and [...]
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Edgar Allan Poe and cryptography
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Edgar Allan Poe: Philosophically and scientifically ahead of his time
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Edgar Allan Poe: Philosophically and scientifically ahead of his time By René van Slooten · September 16, 2012 · 5 Comments · Dear Editor, As a Dutch translator of Poe’s work and member of the international Poe Studies Association (PSA) I read your articles about the uncertain future Poe House and Museum in Baltimore. In [...]
Edgar Allan Poe and Qur’an
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Edgar Allan Poe: the missing link between Qur’an and science By René van Slooten This year’s Nobel Prize for physics was for research on the expanding universe. However, the theory of the ‘Big Bang’ and the expanding universe was invented in 1848 by Edgar Allan Poe, who found inspiration in the Qur’an. read more… Edgar [...]
De Volkskrant article
Posted in Our articles on April 23, 2011 | Comments Off
From the Dutch newspaper ‘De Volkskrant’, Science Section, 5 November 1988 The Visionary Universe of Edgar Allan Poe The 19th century American writer Edgar Allan Poe, well known from his short stories, has also written a major work that is hardly known. It is titled ‘Eureka’ and it contains remarkable modern ideas about the universe. [...]
The Second International Edgar Allan Poe Conference
Posted in Our articles on March 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The Second International Edgar Allan Poe Conference October 3-6, 2002 Sheraton North and Goucher College Campus Baltimore North/Towson, MD USA “Renewed forever, and forever, and forever” The eternally evolving universe of Edgar Allan Poe By René van Slooten Independant scholar Maarssen, The Netherlands Ladies and gentlemen. First of all I wish to express my gratitude [...]
DECODING SOME EUREKA FORESEES
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DECODING SOME EUREKA FORESEES Juan Lartigue G.* Antecedent The author published in 2000 an essay1 that briefly mentioned some aspects of Poe’s personality and thinking and, in a wider form, analyzed twenty of his foresees related to Cosmology. Thirteen of them had previously been discussed by several Poe analysts and the remaining seven were interpreted by the author. [...]
Eureka: Poe’s Victory over the Clockwork Universe
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Eureka: Poe’s Victory over the Clockwork Universe René van Slooten (The Netherlands) (This essay is based on a paper that was presented at the Third International Edgar Allan Poe Conference; Philadelphia 8-11 October 2009) “An outstretched arm caught my own as I fell, fainting, into the abyss”. (Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the Pendulum) [...]
Edgar Allan Poe and Science: A Cosmic Poet
Posted in Our articles on March 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Edgar Allan Poe and Science: A Cosmic Poet by Juan Lartigue G.* Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art Who alterest all things with thy peering eyes. Why preyest thou thus upon the poet’s heart, Vulture, whose wings are dull realities? (from “Sonnet to Science,” E.A.Poe) Abstract The literary talent of Edgar Allan Poe [...]