Poe, Pandemic, and Underlying Conditions
To read Edgar Allan Poe in the time of pandemic, we need to appreciate a very different aspect of his perspective—not that of a mimetic artist but of the political economist.
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Mangled Body and Depraved Soul: On the Corporeal and the Spiritual in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The soul projects meaning onto a world that resists it. This is the plight of existence for Poe.
‘Frankenstein Dreams’: When Sci-fi Lumbered into the Victorian Era
Did the Victorians deal with their rapidly changing society better than civilization today is dealing with equally new dizzying discoveries?
The Moving Pixels Podcast Executes ‘The Deed’
By playing The Deed, we find ourselves in the uncomfortable position of inhabiting the mind of a murderer.
I Just Murdered My Sister, and It Was Kind of Fun
The Deed makes murder a game, a pretty fun game.
‘The Annotated Poe’ Is So Thoroughly Poe
Kevin J. Hayes' thorough analysis includes backgrounds on when and where each poem was first published, its contemporary reception, and critical assessments since.
Edgar Allan Poe’s 10 Best Stories
Edgar Allan Poe endures as an artist who made his life's work a deeper than healthy dive into the messy engine of human foibles, obsessions, and misdeeds.