![]() ![]() Needless to say, we have a lot to cover, and it won't be perfect, but here is a brief history of Edgar Allan Poe on screens both big and small. There is a wealth of content here, not only in Poe's work, but in his life and figure as a pop culture icon and figurehead in the gothic subculture. The destructive alcoholism of The Black Cat, the festering world of Masque Of The Red Death, the isolation and trepidation of The Fall Of The House Of Usher. His famous poems and short stories usually containing themes one may describe as somewhat autobiographical. The trauma and anxiety he experienced throughout his life is evident in his body of work. While that description is not entirely accurate, he was rather well-known as an incendiary literary critic, his poem The Raven was an instant smash, he was definitely a writer who lived paycheck to paycheck, and used a lot of that paycheck to drink until it stopped hurting. The poster child of the broke, struggling artist, unappreciated in his time, his genius wasn't unearthed until after he was gone. Losing several family members and the love of his life to cholera and tuberculosis, marrying his cousin, and then dying mysteriously before he could see the fruits of his labor. Edgar Allan Poe's life at times seems like a gothic melodrama, too wild to be true. ![]()
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