Text-01 — “The Universe” — written as a lecture before February 3, 1848, no original
manuscript or fragments are known to exist (but this version is presumably slightly reworked and recorded in Text-02) — (Poe
first delivered this lecture on February 3, 1848 at the lecture room of the Society Library, at the corner of Broadway and Leonard
Streets in New York. In the printed text, a few traces of the lecture form remain, most notably the reference to
“to-night” on page 29, which Poe marked for removal in Text-07.)
Text-02 — Eureka, A Prose Poem: Or the Physical and Metaphysical Universe — presumed
revision of the lecture in preparation for publication, completed by May 22, 1848. (The title is printed with the full subtitle in
the advertisements of the book, and was probably removed only late in preparing the title page. No manuscript fragments are known to
have survived, and the manuscript was probably destroyed during the process of typesetting. It is almost certainly reflected in
Text-03.)
Text-04 — Eureka: A Prose Poem — July 1848 — manuscript revisions in Mary
Osborne copy of Eureka (Alderman Library, University of Virginia) — EUREKA-O (This copy is incribed by Poe to
Mary Osborne, and contains 10 changes in Poe's hand. Because these changes are minor, they are noted in the appropriate
sections under Text-03.)
Text-05 — Eureka: A Prose Poem — September or October 1848 — manuscript
revisions in Eureka (Sarah H. Whitman's copy, now in the Lilly Library, Indiana University) — EUREKA-W
(This copy is incribed by Poe to Mrs. Whitman, and contains 5 changes in Poe's hand, and one minor note by Mrs. Whitman.
Because these changes are minor, they are noted in the appropriate sections under Text-03.)
Text-06 — Eureka: A Prose Poem — early 1849
— manuscript revisions in Eureka (The Nelson-Mabbott copy of Text-03, now in the University of Texas at Austin) —
EUREKA-NM
Text-07 — Eureka: A Prose Poem — summer 1849
— manuscript revisions in Poe's own copy of Eureka (The Poe-Griswold-Hurst-Wakeman copy of Text-03, now in a
private collection) — EUREKA-HW
Reprints:
“Eureka” — 1850 — WORKS —
Text R1 (Griswold essentially reprints Text-03, ignoring the revisions in Text-07. Although Griswold did have Poe's annotated
copy, it may have come into his hands after he had already had the material prepared by the typesetter.)
“Eureka” — 1875 — The
Works of Edgar Allan Poe, ed. J. H. Ingram, Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black (3:91-195)
Eureka — 1991 — San Francisco: The Arion Press (with eight relief prints by Arakawa) (a limited edition of 250
copies, signed by the artist) (120 pages, 13-1/2 by 9-3/4 inches)
Scholarly and Noteworthy Reprints:
“Eureka” — 1895 — The
Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 9: Eureka and Miscellanies, eds. E. C. Stedman and G. E. Woodberry, Chicago: Stone and Kimball
(9:1-138, and 9:293-315) (This is the first published version to implement the numerous changes made by Poe in his own personal copy
of Eureka)
“Eureka” — 1902 — The
Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe, vol. 16: Marginalia and Eureka, ed. J. A. Harrison, New York: T. Y. Crowell (16:179-354)
“Eureka: A Prose Poem” — 1984 — Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales, ed. Patrick F.
Quinn (New York: Library of America), pp. 1257-1359
Eureka — 2004 — Stuart and Susan F. Levine, eds.,
Chicago: University of Illinois Press
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Comparative and Study Texts:
Instream Comparative and Study Texts:
None
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Associated Material and Special Versions:
Miscellaneous Texts and Related Items:
Eureka — (French translation by Charles Baudelaire)
Eureka — 1859 — Revue Internationale (Geneve and Paris) (only 4 installments,
incomplete, ending with p. 173 of the text as printed by Griswold in WORKS.)
Eureka — Part I — October 1859
Eureka — Part II — November 1859
Eureka — Part III — December 1859
Eureka — Part IV — January 1860
Eureka — 1864 — Paris: Michel Lévy frères (issued about November 25,
1863)
Eureka — 2007 — Audio book (unabridged), read by Chris Aruffo (part of a 5-CD
set)
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