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Edgar Allan Poe: Master of Horror
- Narrated by: Mark Canada
- Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins
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Summary
Master storyteller. Madman. America’s dark genius. Who was Edgar Allan Poe, and why have his bizarre and fascinating works resonated with readers so strongly?
Through these 10 lectures, you will delve into the darkness of Poe’s most nightmarish stories, including “The Tell-Tale Heart”, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, and “The Fall of the House of Usher”. You’ll also learn how he invented the detective story and explored themes of love and loss in such poems as “Ulalume” and “Annabel Lee”. And you’ll discover how Poe employed symbolism, imagery, rhythm and rhyme, irony and paradox, repetition, simile, and foreshadowing to create a unique body of work that has enthralled readers and influenced writers for more than 150 years.
But our fascination with Poe is only partly his provocative, often disturbing literature. He is widely known for living an unconventional and tortured life - a life filled with loss, poverty, neglect, and self-destruction. So, in addition to the scope of his work, you’ll get captivating insights into the man himself: his tragic life and the inner workings of his curious mind. Plagued with more than his fair share of illness, conflict, misery, and death through most of his existence, Poe also notoriously exhibited bizarre behaviors that frequently undermined his quest for literary fame. Your professor, Mark Canada, draws on his own research into Poe’s psychology, including some insights from modern brain science, to understand why Poe acted and wrote as he did.
Unpack the works, the life, and the mind of Edgar Allen Poe to discover what makes him a uniquely haunting author to this day.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-11-22
Great listen!
Really enjoyed this, always liked Poe’s stuff and great to hear an expert enlighten us on the subject!
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- Listener from Brum
- 07-10-23
Narrator=good
Great narration, brilliant insight. Very thoughtful and definitely worth any Edgar Allan Poe fans' time.
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- Raven Stone
- 02-02-22
Terrible narration
There's nothing new or insightful in these lectures. Quoting Alannis Morrisette "Ironic" to illustrate irony is, perhaps, unconsciously ironic. The narrator's voice is okay for a while but when he's reading quotes, he adopts a breathless, overly dramatic tone which quickly becomes incredibly annoying. You won't learn much about Poe or his works from this. Better to spend half an hour on Wikipedia.
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