Well, this post is, but the photos are not technically ON his birthday as the event was last night.
Poor Poe.
I told Deana, who went with me, I had found the older PBS American Masters episode, "Edgar Allen Poe: Terror of the Soul" online earlier this week, in anticipation, and listened to it like you would a favorite album you hadn't heard in a long time.
I would show this to all my Composition classes as we tackled his short stories from the Literature anthology, especially since in the center of it was a rather complete enactment of The Cask of Amontillado by the (both now deceased) René Auberjonois as Fortunato and John Heard as Montressor. From 1994 to 2007, I'd be watching this with my students sometimes 3 or four times every semester.
Poor Poe.
I told Deana, who went with me, I had found the older PBS American Masters episode, "Edgar Allen Poe: Terror of the Soul" online earlier this week, in anticipation, and listened to it like you would a favorite album you hadn't heard in a long time.
I would show this to all my Composition classes as we tackled his short stories from the Literature anthology, especially since in the center of it was a rather complete enactment of The Cask of Amontillado by the (both now deceased) René Auberjonois as Fortunato and John Heard as Montressor. From 1994 to 2007, I'd be watching this with my students sometimes 3 or four times every semester.
The Miramont Castle, which I've toured multiple times with various people, always during the day, was offering a night tour and reading of The Raven along with other Poe touches.
A few photos from last night, although I neglected to get a photo of my favorite person roaming the haunted halls, a little girl who looked to be about 9, in Victorian garb and corpse-face, in the Mother's dressing room, hiding in a wardrobe and emerging to silently follow and stare anyone down who entered, emerging from the wardrobe slowly, dragging an ax and following you until you left.
