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.
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?
@@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.
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.
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.....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Those Hammer films cheapened and demeaned Poe's legacy. I will forgive Vincent Price: he redeemed himself through his performance in Edward Scissorshands.
@@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.
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...
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 CZcams 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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
When our educational systems are forced to expend funds on blockheads, anything might appear. US Department of Education, established 1979. Thank you Jimma Carter.
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.
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._
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....
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.
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 CZcams. You should check it out
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.
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...
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.
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 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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.?..
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
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! ;)
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
Because to truly write about anything with any real emotion, it must be something that you are in the midst of, something you are experiencing deeply. It has to come from the depths of your soul to be real and felt by others. This is how you can distinguish the true writers that bare their souls, the ones that make you feel something, from the fake bubblegum writers. Does that make any sense?
Banjo 12 that is a fair point- according to infoplease, based on state death registration data, the average life expectancy in the antebellum era was only around 40. However, that number is skewed by high infant and childhood mortality. Once a person made it to the age of 10, their median life expectancy was 58 years. Poe’s death was sudden and early even by the standards of the day.
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!
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. ❤🌹💜🦇🖤🕷🕸🌚
I admit that I’ve never been interested in poetry. Poe’s writing never peeked my interest. It seemed he loved failure and death. I’ve always loved classical authors such as Dickens and Tolstoy. One of my favorite American authors was Cooper.
@@shawngilliland243 Ya think? "I may be mistaken, but it does seem to me that "Deerslayer" is not a work of art in any sense; it does seem to me that it is destitute of every detail that goes to the making of a work of art; in truth, it seems to me that "Deerslayer" is just simply a literary delirium tremens." Mark Twain. Eta That was the kind part
The diabetes theory came from a doctor who had the case presented to him anonymously. It is intriguing, but impossible to prove without forensic evidence. There is the problem that he never reported being bitten by an animal, although sometimes the victims of rabies do not recall being bitten as symptoms can take up to a year to appear.
Dustin Bess that is possible, yes. Although rabies is usually spread by saliva. I think the rabies diagnosis is quite credible, but a number of other theories are as well.
liberty research yup. It is a mystery that is unlikely to be conclusively solved. There is a good discussion of different theories here: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
I'm reminded that I once knew a guy who had this nasty habit of falling off the wagon in a particularly harsh head first manner and that each time was much more spectacular than the last time. He took his own life much younger than Poe, but it does tend to indicate a living hell they live while on this earth. I'm happy to think Poe did himself in with drink and where better than any ol place by the side of the road. His liver had to be pretty much swiss cheese anyway. Thanks THG, I'm going back for a second look - that intro is epic dude.
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.
It is an intriguing possibility, and the way that it was identified- by having a doctor review the case anonymously- is credible. It is impossible to prove without pathology, and there are some questions about that diagnosis. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In 1989 I had the pleasure of meeting his great great grandson by chance. I was in a marina in Westchester NY and he worked there, an unassuming, quiet gentleman. When he introduced himself I said, "Poe? Any relation?" He smiled and told me how he was related to him.
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.
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
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."
I'm from Baltimore and not a particular lover of poetry. I only relish the words of two poets.....Edgar Allan Poe and Robert service. True genius in those men.
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.
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!
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.
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?
@pan af He was born in Boston, grew up in Richmond, lived many other places, and died in Baltimore.
@@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.
I wonder if all the talk of another haunting ghoul, opium addiction, was also slander.
@@timothyhays7889 Larkin Poe was the name of the sisters' great-great-great-great-grandfather. He was a cousin of Edgar Allen Poe.
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.
top notch!!
Brilliant!
Well done!
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.....
Thanks for the smile. I enjoyed that.
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.
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.
I left a rose on Hemingway's grave in Ketchum, Idaho. I left on Mary's too, though sometimes I wish I hadn’t.
Bless your heart.
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.
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.
@@zogzog1063 You down in Bluff mate?
Your camera presence, especially when reading the newspaper Death Notice, communicated empathy with the writer's sentiments most powerfully.
A celebrated man with an ignominious end, beautifully told by a great historian. Loving your channel more with every telling.
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.
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.
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. 🦉
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.
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!
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?
@@toiletpaper4 That was so dumb, it was hilarious! The tears nearly ran down my leg.
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.
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.
I remember my mother reading "The Beautiful Annabelle" to us as children. She was a very good reader.
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.
Those Hammer films cheapened and demeaned Poe's legacy. I will forgive Vincent Price: he redeemed himself through his performance in Edward Scissorshands.
@@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.
I like his horror writings the best also. I love "The Cask of Amontiado".
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...
If this was told in a lecture hall, I would be on my feet clapping wildly! Thank you!
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.
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 CZcams 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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
@@lindamahrer1760 Why are you yelling? Calm down.
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.
ST8URCASE We just have to maintain those high educational standards.
When our educational systems are forced to expend funds on blockheads, anything might appear. US Department of Education, established 1979. Thank you Jimma Carter.
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.
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._
Peter K It's not "cool" now to be a reader nor writing in cursive.
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....
love it. I have lots of crows by my house. Hope you don't mind if I call them this now.
@@jcsgodmother Go right ahead! My Uncle can't have been the first knucklehead to think of this... :)
@@taun856 that freakin crow better know how to say “Nevermore.”.LOL@..…. And it's Quota the Raven “Nevermore.”
@@devinangola3458 Unfortunately this bird only knew how to swear. Mom was not amused. lol...
@John Barber Didn't Fleetwood Mac have a song called "Crow Your Own Way"?
History Guy, AND its about Poe? Is this a dream? Todays gonna be a good day.
A Dream Within a Dream.
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.
@@Dr_Do-LittleLAME
I never get tired of hearing stories about EAP. One of my favorite authors.
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.
Many doctors think that Poe died of rabies. His symptoms all indicate it. Google it.
I came cross Annabel Lee in my younger life. I found it beautiful and sad.
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 CZcams. You should check it out
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.
And those children will eventually thank you for those readings aloud, if they don't already.
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...
James Earl Jones could read the phone book and it would be interesting.
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.
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.
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.
Lol teachers dont like when you learn things outside of class
@@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.
@@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.
EXONERATION!
Lesson learned: tell the teachers exactly what they want to hear so you can get your grade and move on.
Loved this one! Oh, hell. I love them ALL, who am I kidding, lol?!?
You always do excellent work and it is greatly appreciated.
Annabel Lee is my favorite poem. Thanks for the video.
Omg ....seriously you cant get any better.... i love poe... i love the history guy! Viva la history
Such a tragic figure who never gave up on his first love. No one tells a story like THG. THG's best work yet.
This episode is well beyond your usual very high standards. Thank you.
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.
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.
@mai schmidt - I agree with you about the merits of Bierce and Lovecraft.
wonderful, and I loved your reading of the raven.
I liked Lisas rendition. Bart was the Raven. Homer was Poe.
I LOVE EDGAR ALLAN POE !!! THANK YOU HISTORY GUY !! !!
Have passed by his room at the University of Virginia many, many times.
THG approaches and presents all of his subjects with a dignity that is admirable and lost on todays' culture of the absurd
Indeed
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
His grave site is about 6 miles from my house and its near Camden yards. Great video
Quoth the raven, "nevermore!"
Elizabeth, are you the woman who leaves a half empty bottle of rum on the grave every anniversary of his death?
@@charlesbates6178 It is cognac.
@@charlesbates6178 Don't know her name but I am the reason it's half-empty :)
I live nearby where he lived in Richmond, and the Poe Museum
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.
@John Barber Quoth the raven...nevermore. 😆
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.
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.
I had always heard that Poe had died from a beating. The History Guy's explanation seems much more plausible.
Thank you, History Guy!
Could Poe have been confused with Houdini, who did die after being 'sucker punched' on the street?
A very enjoyable presentation. He was truly a literary genius!
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.
@Jane Hall - I've seen theories expounded that he suffered from manic depression.
Whether alcohol or depression, thank God he suffered. Otherwise he'd never have written the classics he did.
That is my feeling as well. See my previous comment for my take on the depression angle.
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.
The only problem is, alcohol is a depressant
I believe this to be your finest all-around effort I have experienced so far. Thank you.
Right on William !!!
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.
Most excellent!
that opening monologue, your mannerisms perfectly embodied those of Patrick Mcgoohan. whether you realize it or not, it was downright uncanny
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.
I have to say your output of video segments is to me astonishing
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!
Yes, yes I did enjoy this episode of The History Guy. Thank you for asking. Regards
He's just a Poe boy; from a Poe family.
Thunderbolt and lightning very very frightening.
Galileo,Galileo...lol.
Mama I just killed a man, put a gun up to his head, pulled the trigger now he's dead.
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.?..
Quite the story of dark and life! Thanks!
"I'm just a Poe boy, from a Poe family . . ."
$9 for "The Raven"; only this, and nothing more.
Excellent
Absolutely superb.
Absolutely love your videos!! Thank you!
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
Great video❤️
The last place he was seen at the bar "the horse you came in on saloon" still exists in Fells Point Baltimore
He married his first cousin when she was 13; Damn! The good ol' days.
@@alanpeterson6224 @metoo
Who hasn't been found drunk and ill in Baltimore?
Road trip!
It's been a while but I think I was there, once.
Yes it's still there, but I do not recommend anyone go there for history, it's mostly club music,hipsters, college kids etc.
Burning furniture to stay warm, while at the university. Who hasn't done that. :P
It burns cleaner and warmer than textbooks or ramen wrappers
@@daveh3997 Another curse upon Ikea!
@@daveh3997 Furniture is also way cheaper to burn than textbooks are :D
Depends, universities tend to frown on you burning their furniture. :)
It was the nothing but Maruchan ramen noodle diet of his day.
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! ;)
You must live in Portland Oregon..
@@markwhite1780 I just thought that myself as I stared out the window at pewter Tualatin skies and put on a heavier sweater.
Poor guy. I was always horrified by a few of his poems. I hadn't heard of Anniable Lee.
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.
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
How is it that so often the most talented are the most troubled.
Mike
Mike Fifer
We see that quite often don't we. I'm reminded of Elvis, Kieth Whitley and Robin Williams.
@@andrewinbody4301 Michael Jackson , Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin.
And don't forget H P Lovecraft.
Because to truly write about anything with any real emotion, it must be something that you are in the midst of, something you are experiencing deeply. It has to come from the depths of your soul to be real and felt by others. This is how you can distinguish the true writers that bare their souls, the ones that make you feel something, from the fake bubblegum writers.
Does that make any sense?
@@itsabouttogetreal8051 as a avid reader yes it does God bless 😉
Thank you, History Guy! Great story on a most interesting man! Just of curiosity, what was the average life span for a man in the early Victorian era?
Banjo 12 that is a fair point- according to infoplease, based on state death registration data, the average life expectancy in the antebellum era was only around 40. However, that number is skewed by high infant and childhood mortality. Once a person made it to the age of 10, their median life expectancy was 58 years. Poe’s death was sudden and early even by the standards of the day.
Reminds me of the Simpsons version of "The Raven" :-)
A broken heart, drinking too much and depression. Still the same today and probably forever more.
Peter Sellers would've been a great Edgar Allan Poe in a movie!
Always think of David Niven playing Poe for some reason
@@patrickols I can see that. Good eye!
Edgar Allen Bro.
One can only imagine what it must have been like to listen to Poe recite his poetry and then answer questions from the audience.
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!
had to be a very tough ordeal to be in that tiny house found now at poe park, hearing his wife coughing with TB, the sounds amplified by the hardwood.
Poor basterd. Love the raven :)
Poe is my favorite author. His works will always be remembered. A master of the short story and unequalled even now as a poet!
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. ❤🌹💜🦇🖤🕷🕸🌚
I admit that I’ve never been interested in poetry. Poe’s writing never peeked my interest. It seemed he loved failure and death. I’ve always loved classical authors such as Dickens and Tolstoy. One of my favorite American authors was Cooper.
Write what you know.. maybe go make a comment on a video about c
Cooper. Oh that's right, nobody cares about him except you.
@efs83dws - piqued, rather than peeked (or peaked).
Oh Poe (and Twain) hated Cooper.
I've read some of Twain's criticism of Cooper's writing; truly, he was not at all fond of it.
@@shawngilliland243
Ya think?
"I may be mistaken, but it does seem to me that "Deerslayer" is not a work of art in any sense; it does seem to me that it is destitute of every detail that goes to the making of a work of art; in truth, it seems to me that "Deerslayer" is just simply a literary delirium tremens."
Mark Twain.
Eta
That was the kind part
I think I recall reading that he actually died of rabies.Might be worth looking at.
The diabetes theory came from a doctor who had the case presented to him anonymously. It is intriguing, but impossible to prove without forensic evidence. There is the problem that he never reported being bitten by an animal, although sometimes the victims of rabies do not recall being bitten as symptoms can take up to a year to appear.
Dustin Bess that is possible, yes. Although rabies is usually spread by saliva.
I think the rabies diagnosis is quite credible, but a number of other theories are as well.
There are more than a dozen published theories of how Poe may have died. I, myself, think it may have been from untreated syphilis.
liberty research yup. It is a mystery that is unlikely to be conclusively solved. There is a good discussion of different theories here: www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
I'm reminded that I once knew a guy who had this nasty habit of falling off the wagon in a particularly harsh head first manner and that each time was much more spectacular than the last time. He took his own life much younger than Poe, but it does tend to indicate a living hell they live while on this earth. I'm happy to think Poe did himself in with drink and where better than any ol place by the side of the road. His liver had to be pretty much swiss cheese anyway. Thanks THG, I'm going back for a second look - that intro is epic dude.
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.
My favorite, tortured, poet, and storyteller. Heartbreaking life. Poetry, so rich in emotion and sorrow.
I have heard in medical circles that his symptoms represented rabies. I am surprised that didn't make your possibilities of cause of death.
It is an intriguing possibility, and the way that it was identified- by having a doctor review the case anonymously- is credible. It is impossible to prove without pathology, and there are some questions about that diagnosis. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
Thank you for this. Poe is my favorite author, and his history certainly should be remembered.
"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.
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.
I love Edgar Allen Poe. His writing paints such visions that fill one's head.
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.
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.
That's my favorite!!! Love El Dorado!! James Caan quotes several lines in the movie "El Dorado" with John Wayne
Yes, Poe truly was a genius. He is also my favorite poet.
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.
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.
In 1989 I had the pleasure of meeting his great great grandson by chance. I was in a marina in Westchester NY and he worked there, an unassuming, quiet gentleman. When he introduced himself I said, "Poe? Any relation?" He smiled and told me how he was related to him.
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.
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
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."
I'm from Baltimore and not a particular lover of poetry. I only relish the words of two poets.....Edgar Allan Poe and Robert service. True genius in those men.
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.
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!