The Edgar Allan Poe Tag

[@scottjones8100]

Great video, Michael--you're our favorite Poe-tagonist. Oh, and a quick Poe-script: You're right about those recent B&N reprints. They're so busy, now, that they're actually kind of ugly.

[@johnnyragadoo2414]

Poe, a fedora, vest, and tie. Classic.

[@bighardbooks770]

Edgar Allan Poe TIE coming your way . . .😅 I need me a copy of _The Annotated Poe!_ OMG that 1874 edition . . .

[@circa1890]

Perfect timing for Edgar Allan Poe! It seemed my childhood was surrounded by him before I could even read: "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by The Alan Parsons Project (listening to it while lying in the meadow at night on the record player). Picnic at Hanging Rock.. A dream within a dream, which just haunted my youth. Then in the late 70's, a toned-down version of "Play Misty for Me", was shown on the television and I was so impressed that Eastwood had a Poe book at the radio station. As a young girl (10?), still remember asking the town librarian if she knew an author named Edgar .. ??? Poe. Her expression! She said yes, she did and walked me to that section. Priceless.. 😏

[@cmmosher8035]

I have been wanting to read Hanging Rock. I love the movie and didn't even know it was an adaptation until the TV show came out.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

That Annotated Poe looks cool. The ghost of Lillian Porter wants her 1874 book back. 👻

[@missclairessa]

I loved the new series. It was a lot of fun to find the Poe references and how they tie together.

[@honeybugg3224]

Favorite Poe story: Mask of the Red Death. Favorite Poe poem: Annabelle Lee. Great video

[@alancarr7718]

Good afternoon Lord Michael Good Afternoon Roger. Sheer Poe-etry, The Author had a more than huge impact on the creators who followed in his footsteps, in Literature, Music and Films. A Mythos creator along with E R Burroughs , H P Lovecraft, Jules Verne Arthur Conan Doyle and H G Wells and Mary Shelley. A great library just there! Cheers Al The Goldkeyfourcolorkidownunda

[@jeffreycrogers]

Great video on the Pod tag! Of course, responding to that must make you the Poe-Tag-onist of this story! Aaaugh!

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

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[@kimesch9698]

Glad you were tagged! You should do more tags!😊

[@jeremybamber5729]

Looks like a great book of Poe. I really want to read the foreword by Vincent Price!

[@supernova1969]

Thanks Michael for this video. Poe's "Poetic Principle" and "The Philosophy of Composition" are among the best critical documents produced by American Belles Letters. To Helen , Ulalume, Israfel, and To Science were among the first works I read in my early years. Baudelaire said he learned English to be able to read Poe. He had such a great effect on French Literature .

[@JeffMPalermo]

I just did an hour long review of Pym last week!

[@frankmorlock1403]

A nice video, Michael. I am particularly fond of A Cask of Amontillado, and The Pit and the Pendulum. While here in San Miguel, I met a man whose father was an archaeologist. He was telling me that in excavating some of the catacombs under the churches in Mexico city his father discovered tombs where pregnant nuns were walled up and that you can still see where the victims had tried to scratch their way out of the tomb. About 30 years ago when I was working in Baltimore I would frequently walk by the tomb in which Poe is buried, and it was always covered with fresh flowers from unknown admirers. The French have dramatized several of his short stories including The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. Poe used to be regarded more highly in French than in Anglo-Saxon academic/literary circles. We couldn't understand French admiration for Poe's doggerel verse, which proved to our satisfaction that the French just didn't know what they were talking about. I think that has changed over the years.

[@bighardbooks770]

_First!_ Thanks for doing our tag 🎉 Appreciated ☺️ Poe invented some 900 words ... IMA read his critical essays, and his reviews, next 😂

[@jeremybamber5729]

A Cask of Amontillado & The Tell-Tale Heart are my favourites. On reflection I feel they represent psychological and "antagonist point of view" types of horror in a way that probably inspired many others in the future. Hitchcock and Psycho come to mind for instance. Interesting stuff that I hadn't considered before, thank you! Oh and if you haven't listened to the Alan Parsons Poe-inspired album I recommend you seek it out!

[@jeremybamber5729]

Addendum: I remembered that when I was in Eng Lit class long (long) ago the teacher pointed out that The Tell-Tale Heart is actually written in such a way that you end up reading in a rhythm, even though it's not poetry, but which puts you in a more intense mindset not unlike a rapid heartbeat

[@trishbovell9042]

I love The Tell-Tale heart story and my favorite poem is The Bells.

[@cmmosher8035]

I enjoy Flanagan's stuff. I see him as remixing the works of the authors he adapts. I liked the Usher series but it owes as much to 70s italian horror as Poe himself. That being said the best part is i have been youtubing readings of Poe by Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. My introduction to Poe was probably The Simpsons rendition of the raven but it may have been vinyl recording of his stories.

[@lesliepowell-mccarty7067]

We read Poe in elementary school (5th grade I think) and I would always do drawings to go along with each story I read. I've been a horror/dark fiction fan ever since! Oh, I just love Cliff and his channel is so much fun! Thanks for doing this tag! 🖤📚

[@travisgray8376]

I got the collection of his works love it. The Raven n The Tell-Tale Heart I love them.

[@AmalijaKomar]

Love love love Poe. My favorite story is about a young lady who came back from death. Watched two episodes of Netflix series and hated it.

[@snowysnowyriver]

I watched the first couple of episodes of that TV series and couldn't watch any more. I know it's only meant to be an adaptation, but it butchered even the basic premise of Poe's classic. Unfortunately his work is in the public domain so there is no legal gate-keeper of his legacy. 😢

[@Steve_Stowers]

Poe's funny stories (for example, "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A Moral Tale") aren't great, but they're funnier than I expected, because I didn't expect Poe to be funny at all.

[@GentleReader01]

We finished the Flanagan miniseries and trust me, it goes somewhere Flanagan has not gone before, in two major ways which I won’t spoil for you. And there are some images and moments as stark as the one in Hill House where we see the origin of the ghost who’s been looking down from above. 100% agree that the first half or so seems well crafted but not breaking new ground. The second half proves how wrong we were. :)

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

That’s good to know.

[@tyghe_bright]

I'm with you on The Raven. It's definitely my favorite.

[@Welther47]

T-shirts are underwear!! I agree!

[@charliedogg7683]

My first exposure to Poe was as a child through Roger Corman's movies (very loosely based on the stories) most of which starred the wonderful Vincent Price in full scenery-chewing mode. A few years later I started reading the stories and poems and have re-read most of his works a number of times since. Poe was a master at developing a sense of impending doom in his tales. Among my favourite stories is "The Cask Of Amontillado", which was beautifully adapted by Alan Parsons and Eric Wolfson for the Alan Parsons Project album "Tales Of Mystery And Imagination" (though really the whole album is a gem). I'm yet to start Mike Flanagan's series but looking forward to it, he's never disappointed me. And his Midnight Mass is exceptional. Perhaps Roger could get in touch with Lilian Piper and let her know that her Poe book is in good hands.

[@davidnovakreadspoetry]

I wish I could have a Library of America shelf I could be proud of. But because I buy used, I have dustjacketed or slipcased and then inevitably with various library markings upon them. I can’t wait to see yours. (I have the B&N Poe.)

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I have a couple without dust jackets as well.

[@farhad_s]

I loved the Netflix show with all its Poe references. I read Poe at a pretty early age, and the story that really stuck with me forever was The Cask of Amontillado.

[@LeoniFermer-vi4dc]

I visited his house in Richmond and saw the original sketch of The Raven on the wall. We have a photo of my baby daughter and I outside the front door. It was one of those things I always wanted to do.I purchased the complete works in a paperback version but replaced it with the Library of America version.I will never get to the States again,but I would love to have been able to visit Providence...however it is so modern now I'm sure it's not the same town of HPL!

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

So true. The house he grew up in has been replaced by a Starbucks.

[@LeoniFermer-vi4dc]

@@michaelk.vaughan8617 oh nooooo.... hope they have Lovecraftian pics on the wall?? I know the Church where Haunter of the Dark was demolished.

[@LeoniFermer-vi4dc]

Oh Lordy I never check my typing...was set,has been demolished...is what I meant.

[@MagusMarquillin]

And Michael; not sure if this is sacrilege but you know you don't have to choose one edition over another to read cover to cover - you could switch back and forth, get your nice pseudo leather, check out the annotations, grab the portable for the extra essays when you want them. Course, you'd have to reason how count that for your "read 500 of what you own", 😏 but really it amounts to one slightly larger book, so I'd just call it one.

[@DebMcDonald]

Excellent! I watched the first two episodes of The Fall of the House of Usher last night. It’s fun trying to match the names with the originals from Poe. Had to cheat on a couple. I thought The Masque of the Red Death sequence was great. Also never get tired of a creepy house with a fire in the fireplace.

[@davebrzeski]

I really need to reread Usher. I watched the Roger Corman film version recently, which seemed to mainy be concerned with characters endlessly wandering around outside. I have a copy of Tales of Mystery and Imagination that was published sometime in the 1880s, whiich was the oldest book I owned for several decades. I remember being excited that it would eventually be 100 years old.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Ha! I remember that about the Corman film.

[@ReadingRetail]

Ouu I have netflix.. I’ll look that up

[@ReadingRetail]

I need to buy some of his work.. I don’t own any

[@guaporeturns9472]

Poe is the epitome of Gothic horror writer

[@LadyJaneBooks]

This was awesome! Poe is one of my favorite authors, so I really enjoyed this tag. Fall of the House of Usher is my favorite too!!!

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Thanks Lady Jane!

[@w.adammandelbaum1805]

Then there was his poem about a guy who consumed his dead girlfriend's corpse...Cannibal Lee.

[@LivingDeadEnby]

For me, his funniest story is "Some Words With a Mummy". Before that I had no idea he also wrote satire.

[@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn]

The first two Poe stories I ever read were "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." That was very early on and have been hooked since then. Great cover on that Portable Edgar Allan Poe! (Poetable Poe 🤔).

[@redwawst3258]

👍🏻

[@Addwrite]

I stand to be corrected, but Library of America doesn't export to the UK. This is a shame as this publisher seems to have so many good editions.

[@stephenwalker2924]

Loved how you personalized this tag, as always, Michael. I own all five Poe penguin blacks currently available, plus a big 'fancy-pants' B&N complete volume of his work with a risible scrawled face-thingy on its gaudy cover. (I may need urgent medical help... antiPoe shots, maybe...

[@user-pi2uk5ft9i]

That was the grooviest ghost impersonation I've ever seen..😂

[@danieltenney1896]

Another great video. I thought about reading some Poe for October, but I went with Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Dracula instead. And with me still picking at Lord of a Shattered Land I might be hard pressed to get to Dracula lol. Just so little time to read. I do love the Raven. It is a cliche answer, but its so good. I really enjoy Murder on the Rue Morgue as well as a precursor to Holmes. I look forward to your Conan reviews! Have you been reading the Titan Conan comic? And have you ever attended Howard Days in Crossplains Texas?

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I was at Howard Days in 2010. It was great fun. I’ll be reviewing the new Conan comic when the first storyline is finished.

[@danieltenney1896]

@@michaelk.vaughan8617 I would love to check out Howard Days at some point. I hear its amazing. I just hope I wouldn't be out of my depth as I haven't read a ton of non-Conan Howard.

[@maryhaase1730]

I just finished the series and I think the Netflix show is loosely based on the Sackler family and the opioid crisis. Why capitalize on just Poe when you can throw in a famous current event to boot! It was creepy with a few good elements. The ending tied everything up in a sweet bow, just as we like it, right…Right?

[@inanimatecarbongod]

Apparently the idea that Roderick, Madeline and the house share one soul originated with none other than H.P. Lovecraft: "...an abnormally linked trinity of entities at the end of a long and isolated family history-a brother, his twin sister, and their incredibly ancient house all sharing a single soul and meeting one common dissolution at the same moment" (Supernatural Horror in Literature).

[@davidsigler9690]

I have always enjoyed EAP; had a creative writing teacher who assigned us to write a Poe like story, but I have always enjoyed his stories, "Cask of Amontillado" my favorite Poe story, "Raven" or "Annibel Lee." best poems.....though I prefer Lovecrafts piece of writing, Poe's is good as well.

[@samueluddin9931]

So would you recommend LOA Poe over B&N?

[@MagusMarquillin]

I want to watch Flannigan's House of Usher, but I want to be able to get all the references too, just not sure how many Poe stories I need to read. Over the years I've read and liked Amontillado, Pit and the Pendulum, Masque of the Read Death and the Raven. I'm debating reading them all chronologically, but I found his first story, "Metzengerstein" rather difficult to get into, so I wonder if he's always so great and relevant, or should I just stick to his usual "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" and "Gordon Pym".

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

His work varies in quality but it’s all well worth reading in my opinion.

[@nunyabizness6595]

My wife overheard this and said "it's Brick Heck". What's your favorite font?😂😂😂

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I don’t think I have one 🤔

[@DDB168]

I dont think I've read any Poe. I have an aversion to Poetry so his surname is obviosly troubling to me 🤭🤭 The Simpsons episode of The Raven is quite good.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

That was a fine episode.

[@rickmiller726]

What's the name of the channel - it's not DISHEL with Adam White!🤔

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Disshelved With Adam White

[@rickmiller726]

@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Thanks!