![]() ![]() Modern critics continue to debate the import of Eureka, and some doubt its seriousness, in part because of Poe's many incorrect assumptions and his comical references to historic thinkers. ![]() In Poe's day, Eureka was received poorly and was generally described, even by friends, as absurd. ![]() Analysis of Eureka 's scientific content shows congruities with modern cosmology, stemming from Poe's assumption of an evolving Universe. Though Eureka is generally considered a literary work, some of Poe's ideas anticipate 20th-century scientific discoveries and theories. Eureka is dedicated to the German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859). He also discusses man's relationship with God, whom he compares to an author. Adapted from a lecture he had presented, Eureka describes Poe's intuitive conception of the nature of the universe, with no antecedent scientific work done to reach his conclusions. ![]() Eureka (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled "A Prose Poem", though it has also been subtitled "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe". ![]()
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