Arthur Gordon Pym, as imagined by an uncredited illustrator, from an 1884 edition of the novel.
Featured on PDR in the essay Still Farther South: Poe and Pym’s Suggestive Symmetries
In 1838, as the United States began its Exploring Expedition to the South Seas, Edgar Allan Poe published a novel that masqueraded as a travelogue. John Tresch guides us along this strange trip southward, following the pull of its unfathomable mysteries.




