| Diddling Contributor(s): Cedeno, Yasmira (Editor), Poe, Edgar Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545472742 ISBN-13: 9781545472743 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.06" H x 6" W x 9" (0.12 lbs) 30 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences (1843) is a very droll piece by Edgar Allan Poe. The use of the jocular term "diddling" makes it clear from the title that it will be a facetious essay, intended to amuse. Up until comparatively recently the word "diddling" was commonly used as a slang wry term for a swindler, employing a confidence trick, so the indignant victim might say, "He diddled me out of five pounds " Unfortunately though it now also has a very earthy, some may say obscene, urban meaning, which means that a modern audience has to take the norms of Poe's time on board even more than usual. |