Subterranean Worlds : A Critical Anthology

Acknowledgments xi 1 A Bluffer's Guide to the Underworld: An Introduction to the Hollow Earth 3(22) Theories and Descriptions of the Inner Earth, from Kircher to Symmes 15(10) 2 Relation d'un voyage du Pôle Arctique au Pôle Antarctique (1721) 25(4) Selections 27(2) 3 Lamékis, ou Les voyages extraordinaires d'un Egyptien clans la terre intérieure (1735-1738) 29(8) Selections 32(5) 4 The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground (1741) 37(20) Selections 40(17) 5 The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins (1750) 57(7) Selections 61(3) 6 A Voyage to the World in the Center of the Earth (1755) 64(14) Selections 67(11) 7 L'aventurier françois (1782) 78(7) Selections 81(4) 8 The Icosameron (1788) 85(10) Selections 89(6) 9 John Cleves Symmes Jr. and Symzonia (1820) 95(36) Selections 106(25) 10 Collin de Plancy: Voyage au centre de la terre (1821) 131(8) Selections 134(5) 11 Edgar Allen Poe and "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" (1838) 139(6) Selections 142(3) 12 Jules Verne: Voyage an centre de la terre (1864) 145(12) Selections 149(8) 13 After Verne: Later Developments 157(40) Selections 164(33) Endnotes 197(16) Bibliography 213(8) Index 221(4) About the Editor 225