Call Me By Your Name Again

Season 2 Episode 123

This episode is baed on a very personal letter sent by Bram Stoke (the author of Dracula) to Walt Whitman. Stoker express (in almost homoerotic) tones his admiration for Whitman - and the episode points out that Walt Whitman has been suggested as a model for Dracula!

Did Poe write any works about vampires or the undead? Explain.
What was Poe;s final complete poem?
What was Stoker;s life like as a young writer?
On what day did Stoker send his first letter to Whitman?
What do you think Stoker meant in his letter by “my kind?”
What does “call me by your name” mean?
What does “Tickle Drop” mean to you?

01:18 Intro to the subject of Poe and the undead
02:30 Annabel Lee
04:18 Continuation regarding inspiration for Dracula
05:23 Stoker’s childhood and youth
06:47 Life as a young writer
07:57 Letter to Whitman
19:31 Reply from Whitman
20:58 Whitman as main influence for Dracula
22:39 Whitman’s Tickle Drops poem
23:53 Future Episodes
25:48 Sources
26:07 Outro

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Call Me By Your Name Again