Call Me By Your Name

Season 1 Episode 74

This episode continues a look at the possible inspirations for Bram Stocker’s Dracula. Surprisingly, many scholars feel the best candidate is poet Walt Whitman. George takes a look at the rather nervy “love letter” that Stoker send out of the blue to Whitman, and their interesting friendship - with their written communication that actually includes a variation on “call me by your name” (19th century style)

Did Poe ever write any vampire/undead stories?
Where did Bram Stoker FIRST learn horror stories?
Why did Stoker feel Whitman was a kindred spirit?
Why was Stocker's letter a little creepy?
What does Stoker mean by “my kind?”
Did he actually use the phrase “call me by your name?”
How does Dracula resemble Whitman?

0:00 Introduction
01:29 Intro to the subject of Poe and the undead
04:25 Continuation regarding inspiration for Dracula
06:18 Stoker’s childhood and youth
07:39 Life as a young writer
08:11 Affinity for Whitman
08:48 Letter to Whitman
17:25 Comments on “call me by your name”
19:55 Comments on “my kind”
20:55 Reply from Whitman
22:25 Whitman as main influence for Dracula
23:35 Whitman’s Tickle Drops poem
24:50 Sources
25:56 Future episodes
27:06 Outro

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Call Me By Your Name