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Romantic Conversationalist
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 Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:51 pm
Can it be we do not have a thread for Edgar Allen Poe yet? (Even though I thought we did ... sweatdrop )
I must make one, because I'm newly converted. I was never very fond of Poe's work outside of "Annabel Lee," but having been introduced to a few short stories I'd never read before, and having received some guildlines on "how" to read Poe, I have found a new favorite author.
Is anyone fond of a particular story or poem?
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:18 pm
To be perfectly honest, I still don't like reading Poe. I'm not sure that I know how to explain my dislike of the man's works. There is a short story that I kind of like though. It's called "The Black Cat".
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:49 am
I have read some of Poe's work, one or two of which I had to put down. "The Raven" and "Annabelle Lee", however, are two of my favorite poems. I need to go back and read some more of his work.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:08 pm
I've read "The Black Cat" as well. A few weeks of this school year were dedicated to Poe (though I honestly don't like his works; they're better than Shakespeare, though), and that was one of the ones we read.
I do kind of like "Hop-Frog", though.
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 10:39 pm
Where would Poetry be without Poe? Try.
Okay, bad pun... You can slap me... rolleyes
I think every nightmare owes a little to him though...
Good to revive this close to Halloween.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:39 pm
I absolutely adore Poe's works. "Annabelle Lee" has to be on of my favourites though.
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Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:19 am
I adore Poe. My father, being awesome, bought Poe's complete works a while ago. I haven't read all of them, one reason being that I don't like having to open a dictionary every other word, the other reason being that it's far too huge to take places with me. I love the story "The Black Cat," and my favorite poems are "The Raven," "Annabell Lee," and "Dream-Land."
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:37 pm
...birds creep over tin roofs, like criminals with tap shoes...
I Hear ThunderIve read short stories by him for ages, there was these small books with lots of short stories in them, that i borrowed when younger. So even thou i thought i hadn't read that much, seems like i have read at least a handful.
And im not impressed :/
I mean, i hear all this great stuff about the author, and i guess i imagined something better. Have yet to read him in English, maybe that is something that needs to be done before i can appreciate him?
I just feel so left out, like everyone else have read a different Poe.
But Theres No Rain
...stain the glass with windows, extortionate and cold stare...
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 5:59 pm
Tebasile ...birds creep over tin roofs, like criminals with tap shoes...
I Hear ThunderIve read short stories by him for ages, there was these small books with lots of short stories in them, that i borrowed when younger. So even thou i thought i hadn't read that much, seems like i have read at least a handful.
And im not impressed :/
I mean, i hear all this great stuff about the author, and i guess i imagined something better. Have yet to read him in English, maybe that is something that needs to be done before i can appreciate him?
I just feel so left out, like everyone else have read a different Poe.
But Theres No Rain
...stain the glass with windows, extortionate and cold stare...
Reading in English might help... I never really thought about his prose in translation. For the poems, though, I think you really need to read in English (and preferably out loud). His poetry (the only part of his body of work I've liked since the beginning) depends upon the assonance and alliteration.
For the prose - this is completely opposite how I feel about his poetry - I think the stories themselves are more impressive than his writing style. In "The Telltale Heart," the tale of someone so fixated on another person's eye that the fixation drives him to murder, is captivating. But then, I'm interested in that pseudo-psychological horror, and that's exactly what I think Poe's writing is.
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Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:55 am
Fairgrass Wow, I know exactly what you mean. For years I didn't 'get' the big deal about this guy's stories. I don't really know what changed it, besides having friends with different perspectives talk about the writing with me.
Reading in English might help... I never really thought about his prose in translation. For the poems, though, I think you really need to read in English (and preferably out loud). His poetry (the only part of his body of work I've liked since the beginning) depends upon the assonance and alliteration.
For the prose - this is completely opposite how I feel about his poetry - I think the stories themselves are more impressive than his writing style. In "The Telltale Heart," the tale of someone so fixated on another person's eye that the fixation drives him to murder, is captivating. But then, I'm interested in that pseudo-psychological horror, and that's exactly what I think Poe's writing is.
I Hear ThunderI have this problem on a daily basis since i live in Sweden, and the literature in the library here is mostly Swedish translations. I worry that i will loose so much in translations. But im to lazy and comfortable to order everything im gonna read in English, i like to browse and just borrow whatever i find, and waiting 2 weeks kinda kills the purpose of that.
When i get some more money to throw around, maybe ill invest in some English Poe. ;D
And the telltale heart didn't do it for me, but there was one story about a man in a torture chamber, that one has kinda gotten to me over the years.
Just got a cheap book with some stories in it by Poe, in an used bookstore, ill see if it can revive some old memories. Or maybe surprise me. :3
But Theres No Rain
...stain the glass with windows, extortionate and cold stare...
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