# Timeline

Poe works out the nature of the universe through challenges to interpretation.

Aristotle, “On Interpretation”

- The Folio Club 1832
  “... to abolish Literature, subvert the Press, and overturn the Government of Nouns and Pronouns.”
- Hans Phaall 1835
  Parallelism and doubling.
- Autography 1 1836
  Joseph <variable> Miller.
- Autography 2 1836
  Joseph <variable> Miller writes.
- Arthur Gordon Pym 1837-8
  Self-cancellation.
- The Man that was Used Up 1839
  The hoax explains itself.
- Ciphers in Alexander’s Weekly Messenger 1839-40

  “Enigmatical and Conundrum-ical”, December 18, 1839

  "Enigmatical", January 15, 1840

  “Another Poser”, January 22, 1840

  “Yet Another Poser,” January 29, 1840

  “Still Another [Poser]”, February 5, 1840

  Our Late Puzzles, February 12, 1840

  “Our Puzzles - Again!”, February 19, 1840

  “More of the Puzzles”, February 26, 1840

  “Our Puzzles Once More”, February 26, 1840

  “More of the Puzzles”, March 4, 1840

  “[[Solution to a Cypher]]”, March 4, 1840

  “Puzzles Again!”, March 11, 1840

  “Puzzles Again!”, March 25, 1840

  "Cyphers", April 8, 1840

  "Cyphers Again", April 22, 1840

  "Changing Seats", April 22, 1840

  "Cyphers", April 29, 1840

  "Changing Seats", May 6, 1840

- Autography 3 1841
  Author-texts.
- Autography 4 1841
  Author-texts.
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue 1841
  How to interpret a hoax (“ratiocination” 1).
- Secret Writing in Graham's Magazine 1841

  “A Few Words on Secret Writing”, July 1841

  "Secret Writing", January 15, 1840

  “Secret Writing”, January 22, 1840

  “Secret Writing,” January 29, 1840

  “Still Another [Poser]”, February 5, 1840

  Our Late Puzzles, February 12, 1840

  “Our Puzzles - Again!”, February 19, 1840

  “More of the Puzzles”, February 26, 1840

  “Our Puzzles Once More”, February 26, 1840

  “More of the Puzzles”, March 4, 1840

  “[[Solution to a Cypher]]”, March 4, 1840

  “Puzzles Again!”, March 11, 1840

  “Puzzles Again!”, March 25, 1840

  "Cyphers", April 8, 1840

  "Cyphers Again", April 22, 1840

  "Changing Seats", April 22, 1840

  "Cyphers", April 29, 1840

  "Changing Seats", May 6, 1840

- Autography 5 1842
  Author-texts.
- The Mystery of Marie Rogêt 1842
  How to interpret a hoax (“ratiocination” 2).
- The Gold-Bug 1843
  How to interpret a hoax (“ratiocination” 3).
- The Purloined Letter 1844
  “I wonder, for my part, you do not perceive at once that the letter — the document — is intrinsically — is astronomically true — and that it carries upon its very face the evidence of its own authenticity.” (Poe as Dupin)
- Eureka 1848
  What word does one shout upon resolving a hoax?