Talk:The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

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Contents 1 Richard Parker 2 Hollow Earth 3 Major revision 4 Cover image 5 Fake title page = 6 Parker story

[edit] Richard Parker

Does anyone have to necessary information to add the coincidence of the cabin boy Richard Parker in the story to the real life cabin boy Richard Parker that was cannibalized many years later?

Why is it in the section titled "Major Themes," there is only information concerning coincidences between reality and the novel? This isn't anything I would remotely associate with the major themes of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.

[edit] Hollow Earth

I've read this work and I don't see how the ideas of a Hollow Earth are tied into the novel.

I think that you can learn more about this ideas, and the way it implicitly appears in Poe's novel at this adress

Loudon dodd (french user), 15 november 2006.

[edit] Major revision

This article is in need of an urgent revision and edition. Actually it should be rewritten completely. The "Major Themes" is nothing but a collection of trivia, and there is not any plot resume, public acceptance or critical assessment. Nazroon 19:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

This is sadly true of most literature articles on Wikipedia. They are among some of the most difficult types of articles to do well. Welcome any and all help. -- Stbalbach 14:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cover image

The cover image on this article does not appear to be original, but some kind of modern recreation. I could be wrong, but it just doesn't have that 19th century feel to it. Midnightdreary 23:35, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fake title page =

I deleted it. --Sergey Romanov 14:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure that this image is a "fake" ? And if it is, does it really matter ?--Loudon dodd 22:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parker story

The source is some crank website. For such kind of claims hard evidence is needed. Is there any such evidence? If not, I will remove this claim. --Sergey Romanov 14:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, I used another source, more credible, and corrected some facts, and moved the whole thing to trivia. --Sergey Romanov 15:27, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

The Parker story is well sourced in a number of articles on Wikipedia, see Richard Parker for the beginning of it, also covered in Life of Pi article. Also trivia should be deleted from Wikipedia per WP:NOT - I don't consider this trivia but an allusion to/from historical events. -- Stbalbach 01:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The problem with the story of this Parker is that it has absolutely nothing to do with Poe's novel.--Loudon dodd 22:55, 25 March 2007 (UTC) (P.S. I don't really know what you call "major themes" in english, but there's nothing in this section who is in relation with the novel's themes--Loudon dodd 23:05, 25 March 2007 (UTC).)

Is there anybody in there ? No ? Well, I think I can delete the false informations in this article.--Loudon dodd 22:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)