Edgar Allan Poe - b. 19 January 1809
The man to whom we owe, well, pretty much everything as far as modern horror goes was born on this date in 1809. Just think - in three short years, we will be observing Edgar Allan Poe's bicentennial.
posted by protected static | 1/19/2006 01:34:00 PM
7 Comments:
Whao! Bicentennial! Damn, I didn't realize his poetry was that long ago.
I have quite a few books on him. There is one favorite of mine and I can't remember the name of it. It was the story about the cat in the wall and how the home owner could constatnly hear it in the wall....later in the story, the cat was found hanging by it's neck in a tree out front of the house. Which one was that?????
I'm glad you remembered. Totally slipped my mind. Great picture. Looks perfect for the site.
Bella: I think you may be mixing and matching stories, but the text of The Black Cat is here.
I always thought Poe was a southerner. Interesting he was born in Boston Massachusetts. My High School English teacher said Poe used too many adjectives and that's why a lot of critics did not like him. Although dark romanticism is my cup of tea I have never read too much of Poe.
He also lived on-again/off-again in New York City; just last year or so, NYU demolished the last building in NYC that Poe lived in.
bella, the other story I think you're referring to is The Tell-Tale Heart. Both tales are excellent.
Poe is the undisputed master, no doubt about it. The shadows of genius don't stretch any farther than his.
I'll have a bit of brandy and read "Annabel Lee" in his honor.
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