Universe in Movement
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https://doi.org/10.18034/ajhal.v3i2.311Keywords:
complexity, universe, poetry, image, concept, space, timeAbstract
In this paper, we analyze some aspects of the posthumous work of American writer Edgar Alan Poe, titled Eureka. A prose poem, published in 1848. This is a controversial book for several reasons, among others, by the complexity of its artistic characterization, depth of and cognitive influences and impact of its nutrients for the world of science, especially physics and astronomy. First, we proceed to do a panoramic review of the contributions of the writer outside the United States, and it is explained the interest in his vast literary production in France and in the Spanish-speaking world. They are then analyzed the links that Eureka may have with the literary career of Poe and other fields of culture, art and science that are related precisely with philosophy, aesthetics and above all, the Astronomy of his time. Finally, it is considered and weighted the prospective dimension of the work under study, trying to clarify to what extent Eureka is ahead of the universe conception that we have today and what effect it may have had on the contemporary scientific and technological change.
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