Edgar Allen Poe was surrounded by entertainers during his life . Which had a very strong influence on him along with his extensive education into the arts . Plus the many losses he suffered is a very strong combination . Which was the Pinnacle of his work . He was a misunderstood genius as genius's usually are . I really like his work . He was very deep , profound , and spiritual who had much sorrow . Which is what I see in Poe's work more so than the horror .
very well said , I relate to the pain when I lost my parents also I suffered depression in a upung age. I had been misunderstood by my own family. Is so sad that Poe argued so much with his step that ! Why is it do hard love as hymans ! Thats all we need however of this bad relationdhip wirh his dad not everything was bad because he was the master of the macab and an inspiration for many many readers!
I am Brazilian and a lover of Poe's work. The more I study it, the more fascinated I become and the more I recognize its influence on modern horror stories.
I read "The Tell Tale Heart" as part of 10th grade English and was instantly hooked.35 years later,I still enjoy his works.Many of his stories I've read multiple times,"The Black Cat" being a favourite.
SAME brother! always comfort the nights poor lonely city life i ve been there, had a girlfriend , no friends, poor, staying home and reading literature part of life
I'll always love his unreliable narrators in his stories. You never quite know what's true, and have to read between the lines yourself and it's fantastic.
What a annoying documentary, full of irrelevant stuff from Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Braveheart. The patronising narrator sounds like he's aiming at young teenagers as an audience. That's no excuse; teenagers don't want to be talked down to.
i love this man and i love everything AI is saying... but i will not finish this piece of work. it was created in seconds by AI and the overvoice is that of a wet towel.
I strongly disagree with the assumtions. Edgar Allan Poe wrote comedy not horror and he is all about perspective! Perspective is his MAIN theme throughout his whole body of work. And he used this perspective to make fun of everything that is human and even predicting future special effects in film -> forground miniatures. In the story "Goldbug" he pretends to write a "horror" story while in fact making fun of a focussing flaw of the human eye. This flaw is later used by film industry. When a tiny object is very close to one eye this eye may focus on the object while the other eye is focusing the background and our brain puts these two levels together as one -> forground miniature. In the story "Dr. Taar and Prof. Feather" A.E.Poe even puts the punchline at the beginning of the story making fun of everyone who gets distracted by the madness unfolding and we haven't even talkied about "The Scyth of Time" .... laughed my ass of reading. But besides comedy Poes other two strong motives are guilt and sorrow.
As someone who only had it on in the background, I had no idea if this was a good documentary or not. Although I have to say as soon as I started listening properly I felt like the narrators voice didn’t fit well with the subject matter.
Un nouveau livre sur le cycle Poe : Edgar Allan Poe revisité par le cinéma de Roger Corman Ed. Ménadès -238 pages Auteur : Daniel Bastié En vente un peu partout et via le net
Well at least they mention his marriage to his 1st cousin, a 13 year girl. Nicely glossing over this fact & his abuse of alcohol & opium . This is a dreadful bio; barely palatable for 9 year olds. This informs us little about the Poe. This is just weak as water.
Edgar Allen Poe was surrounded by entertainers during his life . Which had a very strong influence on him along with his extensive education into the arts . Plus the many losses he suffered is a very strong combination . Which was the Pinnacle of his work . He was a misunderstood genius as genius's usually are . I really like his work . He was very deep , profound , and spiritual who had much sorrow . Which is what I see in Poe's work more so than the horror .
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very well said , I relate to the pain when I lost my parents also I suffered depression in a upung age. I had been misunderstood by my own family. Is so sad that Poe argued so much with his step that ! Why is it do hard love as hymans ! Thats all we need however of this bad relationdhip wirh his dad not everything was bad because he was the master of the macab and an inspiration for many many readers!
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I am Brazilian and a lover of Poe's work. The more I study it, the more fascinated I become and the more I recognize its influence on modern horror stories.
I read "The Tell Tale Heart" as part of 10th grade English and was instantly hooked.35 years later,I still enjoy his works.Many of his stories I've read multiple times,"The Black Cat" being a favourite.
SAME brother! always comfort the nights poor lonely city life i ve been there, had a girlfriend , no friends, poor, staying home and reading literature
part of life
I love Poe's work. It is hard to choose a favorite but I have to go with the Raven.
Edgar Allen Poe was a genius and a master of the macabre, love him
John D.
I'll always love his unreliable narrators in his stories. You never quite know what's true, and have to read between the lines yourself and it's fantastic.
His life story is heartbreaking 🥺
Some of his stories really were scary. When I first read the Tell-Tale Heart, it really scared me. I was afraid to turn my light off at bedtime.
Poor Edgar. It’s like as if your drivers license picture is your legacy. That oh so famous lithograph.
I need a dead rich uncle so I can live a life of leisure.
Ooo lmao I was thinking just the same
From my high school days where "The Raven" be our project to be memorized and played in our english class🤩
Well, obviously you didn't pay attention to all of your English class lessons.
Ahh sad to hear a common crow instead of The Raven at 1:08 but the documentary was a treat indeed!
A somber, slower speaking narrator would have been so much better. It would have helped the quality and would have set the tone.
❤ this story about a struggling writer. But he never gave up.
Dr.tyrone of Chester PA
Enjoyed, thank you.
that quote POE said at 53:50 was DEEP about the veil of the SOUL!!!!! and reaching the unconscious!!
I agree , the narrator shud do justice to the subject/person..especially when your talking ( or narrating)about Edgar Allen Poe !
Nice!
Cool documentary, lots of interesting detail about EAP's childhood!
Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 50:42
This is why you get actors to... act.
What a annoying documentary, full of irrelevant stuff from Charlie Chaplin, Laurel and Hardy and Braveheart. The patronising narrator sounds like he's aiming at young teenagers as an audience. That's no excuse; teenagers don't want to be talked down to.
Well maybe it was made for students 😅
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No one does at any age, for that matter.
It's more than annoying! It's a downright character assassination of Poe! Griswold would approve of this video.
Scooby Doo does a version of the Raven.
Five minutes in and it’s Black Sabbath that’s being discussed? I wasn’t expecting PBS’s American Masters, but how useless. Time to move on..
Dude, he talks about Sabbath for like 30 seconds calm down!😂
This biography verved way off subject more than once!
tbh I loved the little stun locks
I had tried to borrow? Get it right. I had sought to borrow.
According to other sources the Allens never adopted Edgar! A. Poe!
That is correct. He was never formally adopted by John Allan. And Allan never let him forget it either.
i love this man and i love everything AI is saying... but i will not finish this piece of work. it was created in seconds by AI and the overvoice is that of a wet towel.
Maria Clemm was NOT John Allan’s sister. The “Biography” show about Poe is better than this. May be other wrong info here.
You are right about this error. Maria Clemm was David Poe's sister. They were not very careful when they made this.
omg... AI was here 5 years ago? that actually makes sense.
Annabel Lee wasn't about Virginia. It was about Anna Ravenel.
He was not the "Godfather " of modern horror. That was a woman. Marry Shelly to be exact. We need to stop erasing women from history like this
Marry Shelly was the godmother poe was the godfather
She was mentioned…
This is a documentary about Poe, why are you making this about gender?
I strongly disagree with the assumtions.
Edgar Allan Poe wrote comedy not horror and he is all about perspective! Perspective is his MAIN theme throughout his whole body of work.
And he used this perspective to make fun of everything that is human and even predicting future special effects in film -> forground miniatures. In the story "Goldbug" he pretends to write a "horror" story while in fact making fun of a focussing flaw of the human eye. This flaw is later used by film industry. When a tiny object is very close to one eye this eye may focus on the object while the other eye is focusing the background and our brain puts these two levels together as one -> forground miniature.
In the story "Dr. Taar and Prof. Feather" A.E.Poe even puts the punchline at the beginning of the story making fun of everyone who gets distracted by the madness unfolding and we haven't even talkied about "The Scyth of Time" .... laughed my ass of reading.
But besides comedy Poes other two strong motives are guilt and sorrow.
One of the few things I know about Poe is that he advised a young Eustace Mullins to research the Federal Reserve, which he went on to write about.
Two EAP documentaries here on UA-cam, both narrated with irritating music playing in the background. I can't watch them.
The Scarlet Letter is described as a short story about the Salem Witch Trials... that’s so incredibly inaccurate. This documentary is trash.
Dangerous trash because young people will see this and believe all the nonsense put forth as truth in this crappy video.
Edgar was Based. If Brayden C is reading this. you play a funky bass guitar.
How is "The Scarlet Letter" a short story (??) about Salem witch trials (??) Are you mad?
Anyone else watching this bc of English🙄
Not a good documentary. Look elsewhere if you want accuracy and quality.
As someone who only had it on in the background, I had no idea if this was a good documentary or not.
Although I have to say as soon as I started listening properly I felt like the narrators voice didn’t fit well with the subject matter.
Thanks🙏
We have known the days...
I have a Tarot card deck of. Edgar Allan Poe
You had to use an ill-fitting short haired actor to portray Poe? Geez.
He went to West Point and was kick out. He was not a discharged.
I need to watch this for school can someone summarize it for me
Angry orphan boi make feather quill go brrr.
Then died from being too lit all the time
Poe is write up there with Goethe and Whitman.
Any information about the music used?
Virginia looks older than Poe in this movie
Terrible rushed reading of The Raven....as usual....total waste of time.
Terrible narration...
Terrible "biography" of Poe.
The Scarlet Letter is not a "short story"! (40:20)
Lmao fr tho
Un nouveau livre sur le cycle Poe :
Edgar Allan Poe revisité par le cinéma de Roger Corman
Ed. Ménadès -238 pages
Auteur : Daniel Bastié
En vente un peu partout et via le net
What is the song at 35:15 ish?
Morbid Curiosity Is Satisfied Black Truth.
Branding Spirit Upside Down Horse Shoes.
Macabre is pronounced with the R, The R is not silent, Duh. Look It Up! God, This is the WORST DOCUMENTARY EVER!!!
Well at least they mention his marriage to his 1st cousin, a 13 year girl. Nicely glossing over this fact & his abuse of alcohol & opium . This is a dreadful bio; barely palatable for 9 year olds. This informs us little about the Poe. This is just weak as water.
What happened to him?
The wallet and the birthday honored.
We aren’t gonna talk abt how he married a 14 yr old
40:18 uh, that’s not the scarlet letter
Cawww!!!! Grandfather I eat the dead for you!!!
Nevermore!!!
barf
I LOVE SABBATH AS MUCH AS
POE'S GREAT STORIES.😀
after the removal of the dislike button let this comment be a reminder of the very high dislike ratio this video would have had.
Can you say tangent? Stay on target.
Does anyone else think the original Masked Toaster was his birth father?
XOX
Uh what a voice like an old car
Pants.
Sounds like he was a raging alcoholic to me
Better than a crack head, cawww nevermore!!!
Actually he wasn't. This whole video is full of errors.
chicken
Oh WoW what an imagination. I couldn't imagined that???