Poe in South Carolina

Season 2 Episode 165

“Poe in South Carolina” discusses some of Poe’s life in the Army while stationed in South Carolina. This episode has several passages regarding the geographic area in Poe’s story, “The Gold Bug” 10 significant partially because (with the exception of “Tales of the Ragged Mountain”) the story is one of the few pieces that Poe wrote that takes place in a specifically mentioned geographic region. This episode also touches on some possible sources for “The Cask of Amontillado.” The episode ends with a comparison between “The Mourner” and “Annabel Lee.”

What is Sullivan Island?
Who is the character Jupiter in “The Gold Bug?”
Who is the character Legrand in “The Gold Bug?”
Who is Gustavus Drane?
What legend arose around Drane?
What are some possible influences on “The Cask of Amontillado?”
Who is Thomas Dunn English?
How MIGHT Poe have run across “The Mourner?”
What is significant about “The Mourner?”
What are some similarities between “The Mourner” and “Annabel Lee?

00:02 Introduction
00:43 “The Gold Bug” and its geographical references
07:42 Possible sources for The Cask of Amontillado
12:14 Thomas Dunn English
16:51 Finding “The Mourner” in Charleston?
19:57 The Mourner
21:50 Similaries between “The Mourner” and “Annabel Lee”
23:24 “Annabel Lee” as a masterpiece
26:17 Next episode
27:10 Sources
27:41 Outro

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Poe in South Carolina