The Colloquy of Monos and Una by Edgar Allan Poe

However, their composition, which leaves some readers dissatisfied, expertly comments on the dichotomy between the observed and the real, and the role that narrative plays in interpreting experience. In the context of Poe's body of work, these stories depart from the aesthetic that characterizes many of his most widely-read stories, in that their exploration of the scientific seems to overtake the narrative. I also examine ways that 'Marie Rogêt' expands the idea of a unified field in terms of entangled individuals and correlated events, and pushes against the Newtonian deterministic tradition. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore. In this thesis, I use specific examples from 'Monos and Una' to demonstrate that the barrier between individuals blurs when viewed from the perspective of a unified field. His thought experiments also resemble those of modern physics in their approach to reality as probabilistic, an idea that finds its echo in quantum field theory, which distinguishes between observed particles and their underlying existence as vibrations in a field rather than distinct units. Similar to early quantum physicists, such as Einstein and Schrödinger, Poe uses macro-level analogies to explore the unity of individual entities, which becomes an important tenet of his explanation of the universe. When seen among the constellation of Edgar Allan Poe's works culminating in Eureka, 'The Colloquy of Monos and Una' and 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt,' take on an important role as vehicles for scientific contemplation. The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, an apocalyptic science fiction story first published in Burtons Gentlemans.

The Colloquy of Monos and Una by Edgar Allan Poe