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In this episode of the Book Nook, we are analyzing his various poems and short stories to understand the madness that was Poe. If you do not know who Poe was, Edgar Allen Poe was a famous American Gothic writer in the 1800s. Poe lived in Baltimore and had a troubled life as a drinker and suffered with deliriums in his final days. If the novel Abe Lincoln the Vampire Slayer is to be believed, then Poe became a vampire, but I believe he never became such a fitting creature. Poe’s stories are universal due to the lack of information he gives and the horrors he talks about being a universal terror. If that makes little sense, stick around a while and you’ll see.
Works discussed in this episode include Tell Tale Hear, Annabel Lee, and Metzengerstein. Viewers should be advised that death, violence, and murders are discussed in this episode.
Songs:
Annabel Lee, Seth Abstract
Crazy, Gnarls Barkley
Broken Bones, Kaleo
Red Right Hand – 2011 Remaster, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.