Edgar Allan Poe documentary

Thank you so much for this in-depth video!! USA

Why did he want to marry a 12 year old?

Mr. Poe ist always important, always loved, always remembered and never alone.

"(...) very poor", yet studied law. No, they were not very poor. They might have been poor, but certainly not very poor.

Love poe ❤❤❤❤

I honour, respect and love Poe. An amazing and talented writer of Gothic poetry and fiction. Also, he was misunderstood. Yes, he was an alcoholic, but alcoholism is a disease. Rather than demonising the poor bloke as a madman, we should actually feel sorry for him and feel glad that alcoholism is so much better understood and supported in the western world today, even if it is far from perfect. We also need to all support more help and support for those affected and their families and friends (including animals).
Speaking of which, Poe was a cat lover. As far as we know, he never really abused animals; the fictional unnamed narrator of “The Black Cat” is not the real Poe - he is just a fictional character.
Also, about the whole marrying his 13 year old cousin thing, apparently, in the 1900’s, the legal age to marry was 12! 😮 😯 😱

This was a very well made documentary. So many new details that i never knew.

Wtf hes my great great grand father

Excelent audio.

This series of documentaries is absolutely great.

Edgar Allan still continues to be one of my top favourite writers; and America still till this day has no other writer that surpassed his genius.

Why did so many overdrink in these documentaries? To the point of ruining their lives, of killing themselves?

Thank you.

Sadly, throughout his life, death was all around him.

Why did you post a Face App altered smiling pic, bro? It is weird

SOPHIE - Lili

You know you don’t belong to us he said unto the child
We found you poorly in the swamp deep within the mire
Your eyes bright red by moonlight, grey blue before the fire
We knew that you were different, a difference deep and wild
And we were drawn by deepest love this pen cannot explain
No thoughts could ever pass our minds of fleeing from the pain. –

The pain of one so young and cold we took from death’s dark claws
As you grew within our hovel, submissive, bright and smart
A child, a girl with deep black curls, brown skin without a flaw
We loved you more as time passed by and death called once again
To take the man that you called Pa. You never shed a tear
You watched the Moon, you understood as Nature made its claim. –

I noticed then you hardly slept, in silent meditation deep
Things would move before your stare, you never suffered ills
You would sing verse you weren’t taught, draw creatures from their sleep
And they would sing along with you, nightbirds, raccoons and frogs
Until an orchestra of sound rose up so beautiful to hear
Surprising to myself as well, I never suffered fear. –

But when you grew past childhood, when blood began to flow
You ventured nightly through the woods following the song
That seemed to spring from all the trees, song I didn’t know
When young men came along to call, they froze at your red eyes
And went away not to return, then rumors began to grow
Fear from all the Villagers, the stories, hate and cries. –

One bright morning we were taken by a tap upon our door
Standing there all dressed in brown, four girls of Sophie’s age
They came inside and took her hand, outside a man on horse
She knew them all, they took a draught, then all sat on the floor
A chant began, rose to a scream, the sound was tempest worse
They took her then, she bade Goodbye, her happiness I saw. –

I live alone, shunned by all, inside my mind I know
When Moonlight falls and nightbirds sing I feel that I am blessed
She’s watching o’er my life and trials, she brings the sun and snow
And as I age I feel her here when chairs and tables move
A whisper low, a song I hear, the call of her pet crow.

Blessed be.

Wow! What a documentary! Well researched & well told. Thank you, thank you very much for this. He always seemed an enigma to me but you brought his life to the front through this amazing work of art.

Poe continues to be an unsurpassed writer, and he will be for a very long time to come 🤘

After watching several of these Write Like videos, it is impossible not to conclude that kindred spirits are only to be found in authors; if only for our fondness of spirits.

Absolutely an achingly beautiful documentary .. and so meaningful to me .. Edgar Allen Poe is my favorite author and poet .. as he was my mother's before me ..

Indeed, she loved him so much that she named me, her firstborn, Virginia ., in honor of Edgar's beloved wife ..

What I found most intriguing about this documentary is the lack of background music .. the narrator's clear voice is well modulated and easily heard ., and so lovely to listen to .,

Also the illustrations and photographs were beautiful and contributed much to the enjoyment of this video ..

Thank you so very much for posting this ,, well appreciated it is indeed❣
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Seeing that thumbnail with Edgar Allen Poe smiling is seriously a strange and jarring experience.

Pretty sure the cover photo of him smiling is photoshopped.

Thank you for this documentary!
Extremely well done!!! 💕

🇦🇹 Who the hell is Edgar? 🇦🇹

Genius !

Great documentary. Both the work and life of Edgar Allan Poe is very interesting and curious 🥰📚🧐

I’m a huge lifelong Poe fan. This was an excellent video.

There persist some biographical errors of the Poe story. First, Poe was never "adopted" at law, but merely fostered in the tradition of the Scottish Highlands. Second, we have learned and documented in our own Poe Biography that both John Allan and Dr. MacKinzie were "family" of the Allans and Poes in Ayrshire, Scotland. Our 885 page, 2 volume biography published in 2013 is with the Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia, the United States Military Academy, West Point Library, N.Y., and others. Robert D. Brill, M.A., J.D., former Police Officer and Detective, Sacramento, California.

My family were interconnected with the Poes. My family the Ushers were also actors as Poe's were. Noble Luke Usher and Harriet L'estrange Usher. They traveled in the same circles and actors guilds. Harriet and Luke had 2 children in which Poe got his idea of the Fall of the House of Usher from. Like Poe's parents the Ushers too died young and close in the same years. Leaving their 2 children orphaned too.

The Curfew showed a Mr Usher which I found interesting and delighted to see ☺

Thank you for this documentary. I'm related to Edgar Allan Poe. My mother and grandmother told me that we are related to his mother's side of the family. It's nice to look back at a little bit of my family's past.

Not to mention the not so appealing dental picture of people of that era.

I have been to the museum in Richmond, though it has been a minute...this was a refreshing reminder of his tortured talents. Thank you for producing this documentary.

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Incredibly tragic life story 🥺 his mother died when he was so young.

The foster parents didn’t really live him enough, he chose his own children over him.

He was ignored when his foster parents died he got nothing.

He struggled financially 💰 and mentally 🍷

He wrote from his traumatised mind. 🥺

He loved & lost and lost his way so badly…

Brilliant in his writings, he did well.

He kept messing up 🫣

When Virginia died he lost it completely affairs, alcohol, 🤯

He was a mind mess. 🥺

One of the more insightful and original videos about Poe. Thanks for the good, fresh work.

The photo looks like somebody has taken Poe's face and has used the faceapp app in order to put the filter "smile" on it

I can't be the only one uncomfortable by a smiling Poe portrait.

He turned to alcohol when he was grieving. They said he died of rabies.

Remember ..HELLO !! In old days you were NOT allowed to smile.

Terrific documentary - I didn't want to hear the sad history as one tragedy after the next befell the hero. Edgar Allan Poe - proud, towering literary figure had little more than a chance to survive success through self destructive disorder. EAP, RIP, the work is superb and the personal story is heartbreaking.

Poe's work reflected the dark romanticism & poetic drama of his life

How odd to use an edited picture of him smiling for the promotional photo!

Sad story. Great writer. A lesson for all of us.

Composers such as myself have found his literary work as prime source material for solo and chorus works. The sheer fantastical and dramatic elements of his life and work are rich with creativity and fervor of imagination….RIP Edgar.

Terrific documentary, and it's refreshing not to have background mood music poured like a "sauce" over everything

Poe never smiled

Alcohol allergy often comes with nbo

Very well done. Thank you!!