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[…]
The
Conchologist's
First
Book
intends
to
do
something
different
by
describing
both
the
shell
and
the
soft
parts
of
each
creature
together.
The
claim
seems
awfully
trivial,
I
admit,
and
[Edgar
Allan]
Poe
does
press
his
point
only
by
the
obtuse
route
of
stressing
an
expansion
of
terminology,
from
the
traditional
"conchology"
(literally
the
study
of
shells,
as
retained
in
the
title)
to
"malacology"
(or
the
study
of
the
entire
organism—for
the
animals
within
the
hard
shells
consist
almost
entirely
of
soft
parts,[…]).
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[…] The Conchologist's First Book intends to do something different by describing both the shell and the soft parts of each creature together. The claim seems awfully trivial, I admit, and [Edgar Allan] Poe does press his point only by the obtuse route of stressing an expansion of terminology, from the traditional conchology
(literally the study of shells, as retained in the title) to malacology
(or the study of the entire organism—for the animals within the hard shells consist almost entirely of soft parts,[…]).
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