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"A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool . It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction .
Into the Maelstrom or Descent Into the Maelstrom may refer to: "A Descent into the Maelström", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe Into the Maelstrom (Dungeons & Dragons) Into the Maelstrom, a 2005 sci-fi film directed by Peter Sullivan, part of the 48 Hour Film Project with Eric Etebari
A Descent into the Maelström, an 1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe; Maelstrom (Timms novel), a novel by E.V. Timms; Maelstrom, a 2001 novel by Peter Watts; Maelstrom, a 2006 novel in the Petaybee universe by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Maelstrom, a 2017 novel by Yael Inokai
The first is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe named "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841). The second is Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), a novel by Jules Verne . At the end of this novel, Captain Nemo seems to commit suicide, sending his Nautilus submarine into the Maelstrom (although in Verne's sequel Nemo and the Nautilus were ...
Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe's story "Descent into the Maelström" by Harry Clarke (1889–1931), published in 1919. Moskstraumen was described in the 13th century in the Old Norse poems Edda and remained an attractive subject for painters and writers, including Edgar Allan Poe , Walter Moers , and Jules Verne . [ 4 ]
"Descend into Maelstrom" references both in its title and lyrics Edgar Allan Poe's short story "A Descent into the Maelström". "I Dined with the Swans" was inspired by the life of German serial killer Peter Kürten. [2] "A Romance with the Grave" was based upon a poem by Heinrich Heine.
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Playbill for The Curfew, presented "For the Benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Poe" on May 27, 1807. Poe was born in Baltimore, Maryland.His father, David Poe Sr., had emigrated from Dring in Kildallan parish, County Cavan, Ireland, to the United States around the year 1750, [1] and was well known for his patriotic self-sacrifice as a quartermaster during the American Revolution, paying for supplies out ...