Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe?

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Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe?

The prisoner strapped under a descending pendulum blade. A raven who refuses to leave the narrator’s chamber. A beating heart buried under the floorboards. Poe’s macabre and innovative stories of gothic horror have left a timeless mark on literature. But just what is it that makes Edgar Allan Poe one of the greatest American authors? Scott Peeples investigates.

Credits:

educator: Scott Peeples

art director, animator: Asparuh Petrov

narrator: Adrian Dannatt

sound design, original music: BigBanga Soundscapers‍

producers: Gerta Xhelo (TED-Ed), Vessela Dantcheva (Compote Collective)