The Loves and Death of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Edgar Allan Poe, considered one of the greatest literary figures in United States history, died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 40. He was found drunk and in ill-fitting clothes on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. He died a few days later. The History Guy remembers the great loves of Poe's life and his contribution to the literary world, especially his poetry.
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@TheHistoryGuyChannel 5 лет назад

In the episode I say that Poe’s brother and sister were also taken in by the Allans. That is incorrect. The three children all went to different families. I apologize for the error.

@libertyresearch-iu4fy 5 лет назад

There is a plethora of misinformation regarding Poe owing in most part to Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Did you know that Poe's gravestone states his birth date is January 20th, 1809 while his actual birth date is the 19th of that year?

@libertyresearch-iu4fy 5 лет назад

@pan af He was born in Boston, grew up in Richmond, lived many other places, and died in Baltimore.

@litmaiden 5 лет назад

@@timothyhays7889 The brother was William Henry Leonard Poe, who did not father any children, nor did Rosalie, the sister. Poe did not have children either, so those claiming that Poe is their g-g-grandfather are grossly misinformed.

@Alsatiagent 5 лет назад

I wonder if all the talk of another haunting ghoul, opium addiction, was also slander.

@parunak482 5 лет назад

@@timothyhays7889 Larkin Poe was the name of the sisters' great-great-great-great-grandfather. He was a cousin of Edgar Allen Poe.

@seatedliberty 5 лет назад

As I sat with internet streaming, I thought that I was surely dreaming As a visage surmounting a tie of bow chased away my morning woe and told to me a tale of Poe, a tale not heard before I continued listening intently to a voice that varied from strident to gently and I found myself wanting more But all too soon the lecture ended and I felt my heart truly rended and I worried might I be intended to have my spirit die? But as I sunk into my chair saddened, I felt my mind become most gladdened as I realized that there would be addened another The History Guy.

@Zombeegun 5 лет назад

top notch!!

@rehabem 5 лет назад

Brilliant!

@JohnMyers1970 5 лет назад

Well done!

@maischmidt5820 5 лет назад

Very , very kind response, for a tale told only once. As I read your critique, I knew I'd met someone replete with the spirit sweet upon that "street" of Poe.....

@andrewinbody4301 5 лет назад

Thanks for the smile. I enjoyed that.

@nautifella 5 лет назад

Cognac and Poe helped me maintain my sanity while in college. Whenever I am in Baltimore I make time to leave a rose on his grave.

@johntechwriter 4 года назад

I left a rose on Hemingway's grave in Ketchum, Idaho. I left on Mary's too, though sometimes I wish I hadn’t.

@THE-HammerMan 4 года назад

Bless your heart.

@BrassLock 5 лет назад

Your camera presence, especially when reading the newspaper Death Notice, communicated empathy with the writer's sentiments most powerfully.

@Texasishot105 3 года назад

I went to Edgar Allen Poe elementary school, at nap time, our teacher would read his stories 😳. I'm 57, it's my clearest memory of kindergarten.

@danvid1935 5 лет назад

Down the bottom of the globe here in Australia and we love Poe and his works. No one is immune to the troubles of life but our works live on.

@zogzog1063 5 лет назад

Get in line mate. We Kiwis have a better right to wallow at the bottom of the globe. Hell where I live it is only a hundred miles to the edge of the earth.

@danvid1935 5 лет назад

@@zogzog1063 You down in Bluff mate?

@STB-jh7od 5 лет назад

I was surprised to learn that Poe earned the rank of Sgt Major. I knew about him being kicked out of West Point, but didn't know it was because he had done so well as an enlisted man that he earned the recommendation to attend. Thanks.

@mrskitkatlady 5 лет назад

If this was told in a lecture hall, I would be on my feet clapping wildly! Thank you!

@williamstolley2165 5 лет назад

A celebrated man with an ignominious end, beautifully told by a great historian. Loving your channel more with every telling.

@kathleennorton6108 4 года назад

It would be interesting, if his body was ever exhumed, to find out if he may have been murdered by poison, or died from withdrawal from alcohal or drugs. I'm not sure how much, if anything could be found out after all of this time. He died so young. It is good to hear that it sounds like he was able to ask forgiveness from God before he passed.

@mookzmom 5 лет назад

I am a Poe lover, and just adored this video. There’d be no one else who could do this like you did! Thank you so much!

@danbailey8182 5 лет назад

Was it true his grave stone was stolen a lot and his grave was even hit by a train a few times and eventually the grave was moved?

@tumblebugspace 5 лет назад

@@toiletpaper4 That was so dumb, it was hilarious! The tears nearly ran down my leg.

@jafinch78 5 лет назад

Was he a spy also? Maybe not classified or declassified as such. I recall more than once reading he and Samuel Morse were the greatest spy's in U.S. History or at least for the time frame of their lives and maybe later.

@causwayspeedway 5 лет назад

Thank you again History Guy. I read while back Eager Allen Poe would feed ally cats behind the bar and tried to pet them... this let to scratches.

@kathleennorton6108 4 года назад

I remember my mother reading "The Beautiful Annabelle" to us as children. She was a very good reader.

@LindaCasey 5 лет назад

As a kid, one of my household jobs was to dust the books in the bookcase. I became an avid fan of Edgar Allan Poe because of it. 🦉

@johntechwriter 4 года назад

Yes! My parents had a wonderful library and I was reading Poe and Camus at age 12. I ended up spending 32 years as a technical writer and editor.

@marciaclark-mckitrick5931 5 лет назад

I must say that it seems odd you didn't mention that he wrote what may have been the foundation of ALL detective fiction, though...only his poetry and literary criticism. So much of his reputation is based upon his prose, as well: The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Fall of the House of Usher...heck, Vincent Price's career would have been greatly curtailed if not for EAP.

@johntechwriter 4 года назад

Those Hammer films cheapened and demeaned Poe's legacy. I will forgive Vincent Price: he redeemed himself through his performance in Edward Scissorshands.

@catcook3324 4 года назад

@@johntechwriter Are you kidding? If not for Vincent Price's velvety faux british- accented renditions of Poe, I daresay an entire generation or more would not have the remotest clue as to the very existence of the man! As for Scissorhands, if I recall rightly, he uttered not a word in that movie.

@timtravasos2742 4 года назад

I like his horror writings the best also. I love "The Cask of Amontiado".

@johnmarcinko2484 Год назад

Not Hammer Films, I think, but American International Films and Roger Corman, who was a filmmaker who produced several surprisingly faithful and suspenseful versions of his stories with Vincent Price in a leading role...

@billjacobsen9716 5 лет назад

About 20 years ago my wife and I saw John Astin’s one man play “Once Upon a Midnight “ where Mr. Astin played Mr. Poe. It was a delight.

@joanhoffman3702 5 лет назад

I still remember all these years later the morning our class was taken to the elementary school library. There, with heavy rains and thunder and lightning playing outside, the librarian read to us "The Telltale Heart" and "The Black Cat". Talk about the perfect setting! It was my formal introduction to Poe. I would love for you to do a video on the Civilian Conservation Corps, which our mother told us our father had worked for before WWII. I work in a bookstore, and when I am helping customers in the history section, I tell them that if they love history, this is the RU-vid channel they must check out. If history had been presented to me in school the way you present it, I would have loved history instead of being bored to tears with memorizing names, dates, and places. I thank you, sir, for making history enjoyable and alive for myself and so many others.

@sirmeowthelibrarycat 5 лет назад

Joan Hoffman 😳 Indeed! Too many history teachers fail to realise that the word has an implied mode of presentation - as (hi) story. Using story brings the past from monochrome to vivid colour, as it should be taught. Study the Greek and Roman historians as exemplars of good teaching.

@johngreen3543 4 года назад

I always loved the subject. I had taken both a pile of Math and History courses in college. I got to my last year and had not declared a major. I selected Math over the history because it was a more promising area for subsequent employment. Making a living in the subject of History is even today taking a big step behind the technical subjects like Math. I had a 35 year career in Mathematics teaching but always kept my library loaded with history books.

@jeffreynunya4716 5 лет назад

I never get tired of hearing stories about EAP. One of my favorite authors.

@lf3541 5 лет назад

Loved this one! Oh, hell. I love them ALL, who am I kidding, lol?!?

@mshavisham8964 5 лет назад

That was GOOD THG. I really enjoyed your recitation at the beginning. NO one does that anymore. I always used to read Poe aloud for Halloween, just me alone, before marriage and kids. Then when my kids got old enough, I started again. Traditions. Great one. Thanks.

@memathews 5 лет назад

And those children will eventually thank you for those readings aloud, if they don't already.

@rdfox76 5 лет назад

It might seem odd, but I actually believe that the Simpsons' adaptation of The Raven (in their first Halloween special) may be one of the best readings of it ever. Of course, the fact that it was James Earl Jones reading it may have had something to do with that...

@shawnr771 5 лет назад

James Earl Jones could read the phone book and it would be interesting.

@mshavisham8964 5 лет назад

And Shawn, you would be absolute right!! His voice is unique. When I was in middle school, JEJ and Christopher Plummer were doing Othello in NYC. We were about an hour and a few north in Westchester. My Mom was going as a chaperone, as if she'd miss this too. Unfortunately, I got the flu. But in true British style, I put on a stiff upper lip and we got on the bus. Got off the bus and ran promptly to the Lu, barging in front of everyone to vomit my innards until they were outwards. But we made it. We weren't going to miss this. It was wonderful, both in their prime. I don't regret a thing. Especially because soon after my mother took to her bed more often, eventually moved to the first floor guest room foe convenience. Multiple Sclerosis took her legs, her sight, her equilibrium so she always had to lay flat, her everything. Her life. This is one of my best memories, despite the vomiting. 😊 She died a few years after Othello. What a great day. Thanks for letting me share it.

@user6008 5 лет назад

After reading Poe's "The facts in the case of M.Valdemar".....the worst nightmare of my adolescent years woke me from a cold sweat, sobbing in tears.

@modelleg 5 лет назад

You might have mentioned the "Poe Toaster" which for years appeared at his grave, leaving a red rose and partial bottle of cognac. Baltimore Lore.

@lindamahrer1760 4 года назад

THREE ROSES and A HALF BOTTLE OF COGNAC WERE LEFT BY A MYSTEROUS MAN WITH A BLACK CLOAK A LARGE BRIM HAT AND WHITE SCARF. (THIS IS NOT LORE IT IS A FACT) THE ROSES AND CONGAC WERE LEFT BETWEEN 12AM AND 6AM ON POES BIRTHDAY JAN 19,TH. POE DIED AT AGE 40..OCT 1849. HE IS BURIED WITH HIS AUNT AND HIS WIFE. THE IDENTITY OF POETIC GIFTER HAS NEVER BEEN MADE KNOWN. I SUSPECT MANY YEARS LATER A POE ENTHUSIAST A MR. B VANE...

@garnettshortt8580 3 месяца назад

@@lindamahrer1760 Why are you yelling? Calm down.

@robotslug 5 лет назад

History Guy, AND its about Poe? Is this a dream? Todays gonna be a good day.

@libertyresearch-iu4fy 5 лет назад

A Dream Within a Dream.

@Dr_Do-Little 5 лет назад

A true Poe story. So well spoken as only , "The history guy" can share. Can never be. I solemnly. Be a bright day. I declare.

@JA-eq5um 5 лет назад

@@Dr_Do-LittleLAME

@taun856 5 лет назад

Another great episode THG!... When I was 10 years old one of my uncles gave me a pet crow that he'd had for some years... The birds name was Edgar Allen Crow....

@jcsgodmother 5 лет назад

love it. I have lots of crows by my house. Hope you don't mind if I call them this now.

@taun856 5 лет назад

@@jcsgodmother Go right ahead! My Uncle can't have been the first knucklehead to think of this... :)

@devinangola3458 4 года назад

@@taun856 that freakin crow better know how to say “Nevermore.”.LOL@..…. And it's Quota the Raven “Nevermore.”

@taun856 4 года назад

@@devinangola3458 Unfortunately this bird only knew how to swear. Mom was not amused. lol...

@taun856 3 года назад

@John Barber Didn't Fleetwood Mac have a song called "Crow Your Own Way"?

@Abbeville_Kid 5 лет назад

I came cross Annabel Lee in my younger life. I found it beautiful and sad.

@daddyquatro 5 лет назад

My grandparents had an album by Jim Reeves called "Talking to Your Heart" That's where I first learned of Annabelle Lee and Poe. I think it's on RU-vid. You should check it out

@ST8URCASE 5 лет назад

it is quite embarrassing to hear letters being read from the 1840's then comparing to social media posts in 2019 makes it very apparent our nation has become appallingly ignorant.

@peterk8909 5 лет назад

ST8URCASE We just have to maintain those high educational standards.

@rodritchison1995 5 лет назад

When our educational systems are forced to expend funds on blockheads, anything might appear. US Department of Education, established 1979. Thank you Jimma Carter.

@amethystsamia 5 лет назад

Amazing how this comment turned into an insult to Jimmy Carter. Damn. Instead of criticizing Jimmy Carter, why don’t we take a look at Betsy DeVoss. She’s the problem with our education system...not Jimmy Carter.

@chuckfinley3542 5 лет назад

Amethyst Samia Exactly right! The miseducation of US children only began in the past *two years* since Betsy DeVos (not DeVoss) became Secretary of Education. _Sarcasm fully intended._

@thelton100 5 лет назад

Peter K It's not "cool" now to be a reader nor writing in cursive.

@spudwin48 5 лет назад

You always do excellent work and it is greatly appreciated.

@Matt_from_Florida 5 лет назад

Such a tragic figure who never gave up on his first love. No one tells a story like THG. THG's best work yet.

@youwished8806 5 лет назад

Thanks for taking me back to 7th grade and the book report I had to write about Poe. I was failed because I included the facts that Virginia was not only a minor when she married Poe but his first cousin as well. I can send this to my teacher and ask her to give the paper a passing grade lol. 34 years later.

@The_Food_Police 5 лет назад

Lol teachers dont like when you learn things outside of class

@youwished8806 5 лет назад

@@The_Food_Police it was more the fact that I called him an incestous pedophile. Poe was her favorite poet from the 1800's. Any dispersion on his character was highly discouraged. Hence the failing grade.

@The_Food_Police 5 лет назад

@@youwished8806 you're a bad ass, I would have done the same thing is class if I was you. I didnt have the balls to go against a teachers narrative like that back when I was in school.

@lond2835 5 лет назад

EXONERATION!

@RCAvhstape 5 лет назад

Lesson learned: tell the teachers exactly what they want to hear so you can get your grade and move on.

@geezergeezer1 5 лет назад

This episode is well beyond your usual very high standards. Thank you.

@nastynate956 5 лет назад

Omg ....seriously you cant get any better.... i love poe... i love the history guy! Viva la history

@scash1108 5 лет назад

Annabel Lee is my favorite poem. Thanks for the video.

@hipocampelofantocame 5 лет назад

Wow! As a UVa child and later student, this certainly hit home. I remember passing his room on East Lawn almost daily in the fifties. Thanks for the memory.

@maischmidt5820 5 лет назад

The first detective story, amazing tales of terror, the painful poems of love and loss....Poe was authenticly America's most tragic author,Lovecraft and Birce are nearly forgotten as well. Perhaps they too deserve remembrance. This is a great video.

@shawngilliland243 5 лет назад

@mai schmidt - I agree with you about the merits of Bierce and Lovecraft.

@aucuneideejsp8891 4 года назад

Poe is truly a master writer wrapped in many unsolved mysteries. His precise standards for short story writing became a true philosophy. On a personal level, he was a victim of a too strict education which probably doomed him as a poetic and sensitive child.

@barbarachase5824 5 лет назад

Thank you very much for this factual account of Edgar Allan Poe! Thank you also for all of your work on every one of your video's! You are a very dedicated teacher and I've learned a lot from you..have a wonderful day!

@reflexnight 5 лет назад

wonderful, and I loved your reading of the raven.

@eddingtonmillagillo4112 5 лет назад

I liked Lisas rendition. Bart was the Raven. Homer was Poe.

@billhunt2605 5 лет назад

E.A.P. ...what a genius. Luke many other geniuses, lived unappreciated, unrecognized, lived way before their time and sadly lived not long enough. People spoke and wrote in a way that is no more. Eloquence and respect even when speaking ill of someone. A style long since past. Abraham Lincoln wrote like this, and his surviving letters and writings are captivating to read. Have we really descended into a way of life of less quality and appreciation? Has the radio, television, and computers cheapened our lives? I believe so. I still walk into the library looking for the card catalog, even though it's been gone for decades. It seems that we just don't think as much as generations past. I should've lived a long time ago. I think their quality of life was much better than ours. Mr. Poe's writings give evidence to that. Thanks H.G.!!! You really picked a great one this time, though i haven't been disappointed by any of your lessons!!!

@bobtaylor170 5 лет назад

I agree with you. Card catalogs! How I miss them.

@daveyjoweaver5183 4 года назад

My love for Edgar Allen Poe has become stronger with your report. So many brilliant people have had so many hardships in their lives it seems. But then again, how do we grow stronger and wiser without hardships? Thanks Kindly History Guy! I am one tapping at your chamber door waiting for history, all the more! DaveyJO in Pa.

@rkkotilley358 5 лет назад

THG approaches and presents all of his subjects with a dignity that is admirable and lost on todays' culture of the absurd

@bharn253 Год назад

Indeed

@JohnP538 5 лет назад

Tamerlane is a holy grail in the realm of those who collect books. Only 12 copies have been found, the last one selling in 2009 for $662,500.00.

@rickyshalf9636 5 лет назад

Wow that's really cool thank you for that information John i would have guessed it was worth a good sum of money but no where near that

@johngreen3543 4 года назад

It is the holy grail of all American first editions along with Birds of America by James Audubon.And that was mentioned on PBS's Antiques Roadshow a few years back.

@rosaleerich2090 5 лет назад

I love Edgar A. Poe's writings. And to hear you quote from the Raven, is poetry at its finest. You have a passion & it is conveyed most masterfully. ❤🌹💜🦇🖤🕷🕸🌚

@rosaleerich2090 4 года назад

My Daddy has been gone since 1991, at the age of 46. I have a few sweet memories that have stood the test of time. 1 being our mutual fondness of the poem "Annabel Lee". I liked it when I read it while school age. And then 1 day it came up in conversation, just he &I. And because my Daddy remembered it, caused me to cherish & memorize it with a new sweet delight. Your report on Mr Poe, is given not in envy or disdain, but a mutual respect. Thank you Sir!

@darpope2752 5 лет назад

Like you, I LOVE HISTORY! But, unlike you, I'm lazy. Rather than studying, and investigating. I depend on dedicated scholars, like you, to entertain me with the fruits of their labor. Prior to my discovering you, a British historian, author, and television presenter, James Burke, was my history hero. I bought his books, bought VHS copies of his shows (yes, VHS, this was a long, long time ago. I'm OLD!). I wanted to reward him for what he gave to me. Your imainative presentation, and fair treatment of Poe, deserves more than just my gratitude, I would like to support you. But, alas, I am old. I fought the technology of the ATM for years. Somehow, I can't make myself use a credit card on the World Wide Web. Do you have DVDs, books, or a mailing address where I could send copious, gratuitous checks to you? Thank you for your work, and thank you for your reply.

@juliechi6255 4 года назад

Have passed by his room at the University of Virginia many, many times.

@jarink1 4 года назад

One can only imagine what it must have been like to listen to Poe recite his poetry and then answer questions from the audience.

@calebleland8390 5 лет назад

Thank you for this. Poe is my favorite author, and his history certainly should be remembered.

@augustuswayne9676 5 лет назад

I LOVE EDGAR ALLAN POE !!! THANK YOU HISTORY GUY !! !!

@1LSWilliam 5 лет назад

I believe this to be your finest all-around effort I have experienced so far. Thank you.

@h.j.d.2624 5 лет назад

Right on William !!!

@poppablue59kent75 5 лет назад

"And his eyes have all the seeming of a deamon that is dreaming..." I learned The Raven by heart when I was stationed over seas. Wonderful post, thank you.

@dennismitchell5414 5 лет назад

Excellent episode History Guy , I love his poems and short stories. I live in Baltimore Maryland and have walked past and visited his resting place many times., if he had only six mourners at his funeral countless people have visited his resting place since. Some people say he's dead , others say he never will be.... people don't die until you forget about them.

@jackiefloyd8003 5 лет назад

Thank you so much for this post; I have loved Poe, since I first read The Raven in the 6th grade. He was brilliant and left this world far too soon. I can only imagine the works he would have created, if he had more time.

@jbmbryant 5 лет назад

I had always heard that Poe had died from a beating. The History Guy's explanation seems much more plausible. Thank you, History Guy!

@PLODay-bk8ws 4 года назад

Could Poe have been confused with Houdini, who did die after being 'sucker punched' on the street?

@kentkelly5301 5 лет назад

Poe is my favorite author. His works will always be remembered. A master of the short story and unequalled even now as a poet!

@KCODacey 4 года назад

I wasn't thrilled when I heard THGs reading of "The Raven"; too much stridor for these ears. However, he made up for it when he read Poe's obituary. Another stellar presentation from The History Guy. Today, I am a little smarter & I have The History Guy to thank for it.

@kentcarter835 5 лет назад

And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming, and the lamp light o'er him streaming casts a shadow on the floor. And my soul, from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor, shall be lifted--- Nevermore. E.A.P.

@kentcarter835 3 года назад

@John Barber Quoth the raven...nevermore. 😆

@robertthompson2237 5 лет назад

I have to say your output of video segments is to me astonishing

@SDiaz-yo6yv 3 года назад

I remember as it were yesterday being 10 yrs old and in the sixth grade reading The Raven for the very first time. Instantly I found my favorite author. While doing research on Poe for a school report i remember feeling so sad for the harsh land relatively short life he lived. I also remember that as a class we read and discussed The Raven along with The Cask of Amontillado, with so much enthusiasm that was some good scary/suspenseful reading. That was a very good year for me. It's a shame if kids today aren't exposed to such fine works.Thank You History Guy and of course Mr. Edgar Allan Poe.

@MightyMezzo 5 лет назад

History Guy, what a downright poetic video. I spent a lovely rainy afternoon at the Poe House in Philadelphia, where he wrote “The Raven.” Your video would be a great addition to the museum there.

@elizabethcherry920 5 лет назад

His grave site is about 6 miles from my house and its near Camden yards. Great video

@libertyresearch-iu4fy 5 лет назад

Quoth the raven, "nevermore!"

@charlesbates6178 5 лет назад

Elizabeth, are you the woman who leaves a half empty bottle of rum on the grave every anniversary of his death?

@libertyresearch-iu4fy 5 лет назад

@@charlesbates6178 It is cognac.

@PhilJonesIII 5 лет назад

@@charlesbates6178 Don't know her name but I am the reason it's half-empty :)

@jonrudd4733 4 года назад

I live nearby where he lived in Richmond, and the Poe Museum

@shadowraith1 5 лет назад

Poe was a tragic character. Gifted with words, but hounded by demons of sorrow. Hence the drowning of one's sorrows with alcohol. Haven't thought of him in quite sometime. If you ever get the chance listen to Joan Baez's rendition of Annabel Lee. I always found it quite moving. Thanks for the snippet.

@lindahh798 3 года назад

Isn't it amazing that men and women today are the same? We deal with exactly what men and women did back then....nothing really changes, we're all still the same, huh.

@johnjay9404 5 лет назад

AWESOME. As a kid growing up in Virginia, Poe's, The Tell Tale Heart, was the first story I had read, at the age of 9 or 10. I was hooked.

@michelleeaton7955 5 лет назад

Annabel Lee is my favorite Poe poem. He lived such a short, tortured life, so sad. Thank you so much for sharing, this one was a real treat.

@CorderBob 5 лет назад

A very enjoyable presentation. He was truly a literary genius!

@Magnetic_Spaceman 5 лет назад

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your videos, and the fact that the subject matter is so diverse. A bloodhound one day to a poet the next and both are absolutely fascinating and well researched! Always looking forward to the next one!

@paulsimmons5726 5 лет назад

Edgar Allan Poe was a genius, his stories so vividly written and descriptive that readers fall totally under their spell. A completely captivating author, it's a shame that Poe died so young. Great video, thanks for sharing your insights!

@Zombeegun 5 лет назад

Never cared much for poetry but I've always loved Poe. His poems and stories all have such personal feelings about them. Annabel Lee being one of my favorites. Thanks History Guy, great job!

@arachnonixon 5 лет назад

that opening monologue, your mannerisms perfectly embodied those of Patrick Mcgoohan. whether you realize it or not, it was downright uncanny

@janehall2720 5 лет назад

I hard heard that Poe suffered from depression. With no medication to help depression, sufferers frequently turn to alcohol. This may have been the case with Poe.

@shawngilliland243 5 лет назад

@Jane Hall - I've seen theories expounded that he suffered from manic depression.

@CaretakerBob 5 лет назад

Whether alcohol or depression, thank God he suffered. Otherwise he'd never have written the classics he did.

@johngreen3543 4 года назад

That is my feeling as well. See my previous comment for my take on the depression angle.

@ATINKERER 4 года назад

I believe you're right about alcohol being used for depression back in the days before antidepressants. Even today, I think that most alcohol sold is used to self medicate by those suffering from depression.

@jonrudd4733 4 года назад

The only problem is, alcohol is a depressant

@johnopalko5223 5 лет назад

Thank you for this look into the all too short life of Edgar Allan Poe. "Annabel Lee" has long been one of my favorite poems. Thank goodness he decided to drop it off on his way out of town. He was not only an accomplished writer of horror, but had a rapier wit and wrote scathing satire. Take a look at "How to Write a Blackwood Article" and "Loss of Breath." He was greatly influenced by _Blackwood's Magazine_ but didn't hesitate to lampoon it. His work continues to influence writers to this day and definitely "Deserves to Be Remembered."

@stevegrooms1142 5 лет назад

I can never hear Poe's poetry without remembering the scene in the original movie of Lolita (James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon). Professor Humbert tries to impress Lolita by reading Poe. She responds with a critique that always rings true to my ear. If you haven't seen the movie, you might like it more than you'd expect to.

@JamesD92763 5 лет назад

Most excellent!

@libertyresearch-iu4fy 5 лет назад

He's just a Poe boy; from a Poe family.

@andrewinbody4301 5 лет назад

Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening.

@michellemurphy658 5 лет назад

Galileo,Galileo...lol.

@auntkittyhashtag2321 4 года назад

Mama I just killed a man, put a gun up to his head, pulled the trigger now he's dead.

@jimjam1719 4 года назад

spare him his life from this monstrosity, easy come, easy go, will you let me go? bismillah! no, we will not let you go, (let him go!) bismillah! no, we will not let you go, (let him go!) bismillah! no, we will not let you go, (let him go!) will not let you go, (let me go!) never let you go, (never, never, never, never let me go) oh, oh, oh, oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, next up, to add, please.?..

@ski4jeepin 5 лет назад

I've been a fan of Edgar Allan Poe for many years. I knew he had a troubled life but did not know the details. Thank you History Guy for educating me about one of the greatest poets.

@kentcarter835 5 лет назад

When I was stationed in what was then West Germany, I was at a fairly remote base (Baumholder) Having always been a Poe fan, I set about to memorize The Raven. Another favorite is Eldorado. Thank you for this episode.

@jonrudd4733 4 года назад

That's my favorite!!! Love El Dorado!! James Caan quotes several lines in the movie "El Dorado" with John Wayne

@Harv72b 5 лет назад

From some time in the 1930s until just 10 years ago, a mysterious figure would visit the site of Poe's grave in Baltimore during the early hours of every January 19th morning. To commemorate the date of Poe's birth, the person would pour out a single glass of cognac, raise it in a toast to the poet, and then leave the remaining cognac along with 3 red roses at the site. The Poe Toaster was never identified, although notes which were sometimes left with the roses say that at least one toaster had died and left the tradition to a son. While Edgar Allan Poe might not have reaped the rewards of his genius during his lifetime, and while even upon his death he did not receive the acclaim and adoration he deserved, his works continue to thrill and inspire nearly 170 years after his passing. No person could ever ask for more.

@crackedcandy7958 5 лет назад

Yes, yes I did enjoy this episode of The History Guy. Thank you for asking. Regards

@grubbygrubb7059 5 лет назад

Such a great retelling, my brain was surely swelling, at the knowledge that wrought my tender ear. For you are such a master, I could not like it faster, and long for your next video, so dear. For you and Poe are equals, and oh so very regal, that I feel there is nothing left to fear.

@randelbrooks 4 года назад

A broken heart, drinking too much and depression. Still the same today and probably forever more.

@matthewfinch9641 5 лет назад

Absolutely love your videos!! Thank you!

@rexxawesome6529 5 лет назад

I'm so immensely happy I found your channel. When I get to work everyday I turn off the music playing and I put you on. I force my co-workers to go to "dorkville" as they called it and stay there as long I'm in the building. Thank you for enriching them even if it's against their will. (they secretly love it) and keeping me happy the whole shift. Only problem is I'm running out of vids from you 😁 thanks again

@70stunes71 5 лет назад

I agree. I have read many of his works, and even though his private life and personal life were distraught with many unfortunate issues, albeit self-inflicted in many ways, his literary works and poems... Pure genius. Absolutely wonderful narration!

@ArtGriggs 5 лет назад

Thank you for this video. Raised on Poe, I loved his stories as much as his poetry. The Gold Bug and Murders in the Rue Morgue are two that I enjoyed particularly. Poe is credited by some as being the creator of the modern mystery. Then maybe it is only fitting that his death remains to this day a mystery.

@Katherine_The_Okay 5 лет назад

Poe was so synonymous with the early mystery genre that Sherlock Holmes actually takes a jab at Dupin in A Study In Scarlet. I laugh every time. (I may have an odd sense of humor.)

@vicmorrison8128 5 лет назад

Quite the story of dark and life! Thanks!

@anihtgenga4096 5 лет назад

$9 for "The Raven"; only this, and nothing more.

@ironman1518. 5 лет назад

Love Poe's writings!! Horrible way to die, and he was sooo talented......addiction is a B.... Thank you History Guy!! Love all your "Stuff"!

@allanlively8685 5 лет назад

Poe invaded my soul 25 yrs ago and has not left. Thank you History Guy for your kind words about Mr. Poe.

@Anita-zf9re 5 лет назад

Great video❤️

@PuFFerTV98368 5 лет назад

Excellent

@irishis3 4 года назад

When touring the UVA campus we were shown Poe’s dorm room which is preserved to this day. A hushed reference overcame us as we stood in the center of the room thinking of the genius that once filled that space

@lascielthe-fallen4536 5 лет назад

I love Edgar Allen Poe. His writing paints such visions that fill one's head.

@WildBillCox13 5 лет назад

"I'm just a Poe boy, from a Poe family . . ."

@chriswoo4069 5 лет назад

Absolutely superb.

@sharonmullins1957 5 лет назад

My favorite, tortured, poet, and storyteller. Heartbreaking life. Poetry, so rich in emotion and sorrow.

@TacitusR 5 лет назад

Your concise and thoughtfully composed episode about my favorite poet is much appreciated. At the age of ten I memorized Poe's poem "Eldorado" and in the decades to follow I have often repeated it to myself more than any other poem by any other poet. My interpretation of it's meaning has continued to morph as I journey through the various phases of life. The man was truly possessed of genius.

@imakedumbvideos8999 5 лет назад

The last place he was seen at the bar "the horse you came in on saloon" still exists in Fells Point Baltimore

@alanpeterson6224 5 лет назад

He married his first cousin when she was 13; Damn! The good ol' days.

@whazzat8015 5 лет назад

@@alanpeterson6224 @metoo Who hasn't been found drunk and ill in Baltimore?

@seekernotlost3815 5 лет назад

Road trip!

@RCAvhstape 5 лет назад

It's been a while but I think I was there, once.

@thelocomotive77 5 лет назад

Yes it's still there, but I do not recommend anyone go there for history, it's mostly club music,hipsters, college kids etc.

@DavidEvans_dle 5 лет назад

Burning furniture to stay warm, while at the university. Who hasn't done that. :P

@daveh3997 5 лет назад

It burns cleaner and warmer than textbooks or ramen wrappers

@whazzat8015 5 лет назад

@@daveh3997 Another curse upon Ikea!

@Katherine_The_Okay 5 лет назад

@@daveh3997 Furniture is also way cheaper to burn than textbooks are :D

@brianreddeman951 5 лет назад

Depends, universities tend to frown on you burning their furniture. :)

@cjswag 5 лет назад

It was the nothing but Maruchan ramen noodle diet of his day.

@shawngilliland243 5 лет назад

GREAT presentation, History Guy! The pink elephants from the "old" animated movie of Dumbo still scare me today. I have read much of Poe's work, and admire it very much. I had not known that Annabel Lee was his last poem. Always learn something from the History Guy!

@elvisjohnson1208 4 года назад

He was a genius that no one gave credit. I 've read a lot of his works and was really impressed.

@Aramis419 5 лет назад

I wasn’t nearly awake enough to handle that opening recitation, but now I am! For a second, there, I thought we were still in October, instead of the grey nothingness of February. Also, “acquaintance”. Apparently, we have different ways of pronouncing that east of the Appalachians! ;)

@markwhite1780 5 лет назад

You must live in Portland Oregon..

@memathews 5 лет назад

@@markwhite1780 I just thought that myself as I stared out the window at pewter Tualatin skies and put on a heavier sweater.

@RalphReagan 5 лет назад

Poor guy. I was always horrified by a few of his poems. I hadn't heard of Anniable Lee.

@andrewinbody4301 5 лет назад

I will be revisiting his stories for the first time since Jr. High School. I remember my teacher drawing out so much of the symbolism from Poe's work.

@Katherine_The_Okay 5 лет назад

Annabel Lee is a gorgeous poem. I highly recommend you give it a read. The man was excellent at horror, but man did he know how to hit you in the feels, too, when he wanted to

@v.e.7236 5 лет назад

I've been a Poe fan since age 7 or 8, when my sister came home w/ a book of his poetry and writings. My mother was into literature and read The Raven to the three of us and I was mesmerized. So much emotion behind his works, I feel the pain/suffering of his characters, like it was my own. Great stuff!

@johnkelley9877 5 лет назад

I have always enjoyed the writings of Poe and especially The Black Cat. Thanks to him we have the modern who dunnit from The Murder in the Rue Morgue. This was another great episode.