As I already told you in class, yesterday (19/01/2009) it was Mr. Edgar Allan Poe's birthday. As he's one of my favourite authors, I have decided to share him with those of you who still don't know anything about him or his work.
You can easily find many details about him just surfing the internet, but, in any case, I would recommend you to visit his entry in Wikipedia, as I think it is really complete and it includes quite a nice "Selected list of works".
Knowing Poe is very important, due to his untold influence over the world of literature, as well as over the world of popular culture: It is quite easy to find Poe's references, influence and quotes on many unexpected places... For example, try having a look at Green Day's St. Jimmy's lyrics...
Just for your delight, I invite you to watch the following short movie by Tim Burton, much in Poe's mood and style. It is entitled "Vincent" and the narration is done by Mr. Vincent Price, quite a famous B-movie and horror film actor who starred many cinema adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe's works under the direction of Roger Corman (Spanish subtitled version here).
And finally, I don't want to end this post without including The Raven, Poe's most amazing poem. I have decided to include two versions: The first one is read by Christopher Walken, a famous actor you probably know (Spanish version here.)
And the other version... Well... This is the other version, and that's all.
And that's all folks! I hope you liked it...
1 comment:
Wow!! I didn't know that Poe influenced Green Day's lyrics... I'll have a look at 'em and I'll translate 'em... that's if I can xDD
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