Los hechos en el caso de M. Valdemar 1845

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

El narrador, llamado P..., describe el interés creciente en el mesmerismo, una pseudociencia consistente en imbuir al paciente en un estado hipnótico mediante la influencia del magnetismo (el mesmerismo evolucionaría más adelante en la hipnosis). Señala que, hasta donde él sabe, nadie ha mesmerizado a un voluntario en el umbral de su muerte, y tiene curiosidad por conocer sus efectos en un moribundo.

Su amigo Valdemar, enfermo terminal de tuberculosis, consiente en realizar el experimento. Mientras Valdemar cae en trance, afirma primero que está muriendo, luego que está muerto. P... le deja en un estado mesmérico durante siete meses, durante los cuales carece de pulso y respiración perceptible, y su piel se aprecia pálida y fría.

P... finalmente trata de despertarlo, y en el transcurso de la operación todo el cuerpo de Valdemar degenera instantáneamente, según el relato, en una masa casi líquida de odiosa y repugnante descomposición.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781511711746
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	04/13/2015
Series:	Mr. Clip Allan Poe
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.06(d)
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was orphaned at the age of three and adopted by a wealthy Virginia family with whom he had a troubled relationship. He excelled in his studies of language and literature at school, and self-published his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1827. In 1830, Poe embarked on a career as a writer and began contributing reviews and essays to popular periodicals. He also wrote sketches and short fiction, and in 1833 published his only completed novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Over the next five years he established himself as a master of the short story form through the publication of "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and other well–known works. In 1841, he wrote "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," generally considered the first modern detective story. The publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845 brought him additional fame as a poet.