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Translating Vampires?

Season 1 Episode 67

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This episode deals with translating poetry using the example of Baudelaire’s “The Vampire” - and ends with a preview of the next epis…

4 years, 11 months ago

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The Giant Rats

Season 1 Episode 66

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00:00 Introduction to Bram Stoker01:45  Student goes to judge’s house05:20 Student learns about house’s past - the plot thickens!12:2…

4 years, 11 months ago

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The Jolly Vampire

Season 1 Episode 65

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Learn how George chooses vampire stories for this podcastIncrease your “perception” of vampiresWhat is so strange about Mrs. Amworth?…

5 years ago

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Gross Indecency

Season 1 Episode 64

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Learn about Oscar Wilde’s lifeHow is The Oval Portrait like A Picture of Dorian Gray?How did Wilde meet Bosie?What was the father’s r…

5 years ago

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America's Poet

Season 1 Episode 63

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG-wl2qqD7Y  

BTW - this should be over 2,000 downloads for Celebrate Poe, with listeners in 46 countr…

5 years ago

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To Clasp Thy Hand in Mine

Season 1 Episode 62

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This episode is about the tragic relationship between Fitz-Greene Halleck and Joseph Rodman Drake (two of America's greatest 19th cen…

5 years ago

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The First American Gay Novel

Season 1 Episode 61

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00:00 Introduction 
02:46 Was Poe gay?
06:07 Intro to Bayard Taylor 
08:18 Edgar Allan Poe on Bayard Taylor
08:56 Joseph and His Friend
12…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Becoming Poe Revisited

Season 1 Episode 60

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This episode is a reprise of Becoming Poe - the Celebrate Poe episode with the second highest number of downloads.

I make some opening…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Anastasia and Other Imposters

Season 1 Episode 59

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Episode 59 Anastasia and Other Imposters

Vortigern (Shakespeare’s Lost Play)
https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/ireland-vortigern…

5 years, 1 month ago

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Rocky Horror, Usher, and Dreamland

Season 1 Episode 58

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This episode examines The Rocky Horror Show, and compares it with three of Poe’s works - The Fall of the House of Usher, Enchanted Pa…

5 years, 1 month ago

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