Poe Evermore: The Legacy in Film, Music and Television

Edgar Allan Poe exerted a profound influence on many aspects of 20th century culture, and continues to inspire composers, filmmakers, writers and artists. Popularly thought of as a "horror" writer, Poe was also a philosophical aesthete, a satirist, a hoaxer, a psychologist and a prophet of the anxieties and preoccupations of the modern world. Alphabetically arranged, this book explores Poe's major works both in their own right and in terms of their impact on others, including Baudelaire, who translated his works into French; Debussy, Rachmaninoff and the Alan Parsons' Project, who set them to music; Roger Corman, Federico Fellini and Jean Epstein, who interpreted his visions for film audiences; and television shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man and Time Tunnel, which borrowed his imagery (and, in the case of The Simpsons, sent it up). A wide range of other responses to his compelling Tales of Mystery and Imagination, his poetry and the theoretical writings, combine strongly to suggest that Poe's legacy will indeed last forevermore.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Preface delete 1 Introduction delete 3 The Angel of the Odd delete 17 Annabel Lee delete 21 The Assignation delete 23 The Balloon Hoax delete 29 The Bells delete 33 Berenice delete 36 The Black Cat delete 38 The Cask of Amontillado delete 44 The City in the Sea delete 48 The Colloquy of Monos and Una and The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion delete 52 A Descent into the Maelström delete 55 The Devil in the Belfry delete 57 The Domain of Arnheim, or The Landscape Garden delete 61 The Duc De L’Omelette delete 64 Eleonora delete 66 Eureka delete 69 The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar delete 74 The Fall of the House of Usher delete 76 The ­Gold-Bug delete 92 The Haunted Palace delete 93 Ligeia delete 95 Maelzel’s ­Chess-Player delete 101 The Man Who Was Used Up delete 102 The Masque of the Red Death delete 104 Mellonta Tauta delete 110 Metzengerstein delete 111 Morella delete 112 The Murders in the Rue Morgue delete 115 The Mystery of Marie Rogêt delete 118 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket delete 120 Never Bet the Devil Your Head delete 126 The Oblong Box delete 128 The Oval Portrait delete 129 Philosophy of Furniture delete 131 The Pit and the Pendulum delete 134 A Predicament delete 144 The Premature Burial delete 146 The Purloined Letter delete 152 The Raven delete 153 Some Words with a Mummy delete 160 The Sphinx delete 162 The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether delete 164 A Tale of the Ragged Mountains delete 169 The ­Tell-Tale Heart delete 171 “Thou Art the Man” delete 176 Three Sundays in a Week delete 178 The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall delete 179 William Wilson delete 182 Epilogue delete 187 Notes delete 189 Bibliography delete 200 Index delete 203

About the Author :
David Huckvale has worked as a researcher, writer and presenter for BBC Radio and as a lecturer for various universities in England. He lives in rural Bedfordshire.

Review :
“this learned and entertaining work of scholarship is bound to delight Poe buffs”—Mystery Scene; “informative and very fun to read, Huckvale’s book convincingly demonstrates that Poe’s influence will indeed be forevermore”—Journal of American Culture.