Encountering Poe’s Ghost Revisited
04/02/25 • 18 min
Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 354, Encountering Poe’s Ghost Revisited
I looked at the time I have left for podcasts this month, and realized that I had just enough for one more episode - and this will not be a long episode at all. So I would like to revisit the first episode, and update it a little bit.
By the way, this first episode was one of the most listened-to of all 354 episodes of Celebrate Poe.
You see, there was a time when one of my favorite things to do was go to the massive Alderman Library at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. One night I was doing some research at the library using some books that I could not find anywhere else. Just being in that library was always a wonderful experience - seated with towering columns of books all around me- volumes brimming with the knowledge of the ages.
I had no idea that in a few minutes I would encounter the Ghost of Edgar Allan Poe! And I could have never imagined that he would want me to do a podcast!
Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Poe.
Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 354, Encountering Poe’s Ghost Revisited
I looked at the time I have left for podcasts this month, and realized that I had just enough for one more episode - and this will not be a long episode at all. So I would like to revisit the first episode, and update it a little bit.
By the way, this first episode was one of the most listened-to of all 354 episodes of Celebrate Poe.
You see, there was a time when one of my favorite things to do was go to the massive Alderman Library at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. One night I was doing some research at the library using some books that I could not find anywhere else. Just being in that library was always a wonderful experience - seated with towering columns of books all around me- volumes brimming with the knowledge of the ages.
I had no idea that in a few minutes I would encounter the Ghost of Edgar Allan Poe! And I could have never imagined that he would want me to do a podcast!
Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Poe.
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Loathsome Mass of Detestable Putridity
Welcome to Celebrate Poe - and this is episode 353 - Loathsome Mass of Detestable Putridity
Hello, my name is George Bartley, and the Ghost of Mr. Poe is here right beside me. I hope you have listened to the previous episode for sections from 5 of Poe’s six hoax stories. But there is one more - a story that is very much a hoax, - not an exploration story or trip to the moon - but a really creepy tale - and today Mr. Poe will read from that story. By the way, the two words that end the story - loathsome detestable putridity - mean deserving of strong hatred or the state of being putrid.
Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Poe.
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Why All the Fuss About Dracula?
Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 355 - Why All the Fuss About Dracula
Episode 354 should be a relatively short episode - the subject is Stoker’s Dracula - and I want to briefly explore some reasons WHY Dracula is considered a great book.
But before I start, I am going to be talking about all kinds of aspects of Dracula - and I know some of them are completely new to you - stick with me, and in several episodes, hopefully all this will make sense.
The novel unfolds through journals, letters, and newspaper clippings, immersing readers in the characters’ perspectives. This epistolary style builds suspense—readers piece together clues alongside the protagonists, heightening tension. Jonathan Harker’s early journal entries, for instance, subtly foreshadow Dracula’s menace without explicit exposition.
Stoker synthesized Eastern European folklore into a cohesive mythos, defining modern vampire traits: aversion to sunlight, shape-shifting, and vulnerability to stakes and garlic. Unlike later romanticized vampires, Dracula is a chilling aristocrat who embodies Victorian fears of foreign invasion and sexual corruption.
Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Poe.
Celebrate Poe - Encountering Poe’s Ghost Revisited
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Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 354, Encountering Poe’s Ghost Revisited
I looked at the time I have left for podcasts this month, and realized that I had just enough for one more episode - and this will not be a long episode at all. So I would like to revisit the first episode, and update it a little bit.
By the way, this first episode was one of the most listened-to of all 354 episodes of Celebrate Poe.
You see, there was a time when one of my favorite things to do was
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