Edgar Allan Poe at 200
 

Monday January 19th, 2009 will mark 200 years since the birth of the great American writer:

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...009_index.html

That slideshow was really interesting, thanks!

I didn't know The Raven was dedicated to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and that they corresponded about it.

Happy birthday, Ed.

Happy birthday to all, and to all a good night... :p

That's cool. Was he famous when he was alive?

Yes.
(this text is extra goff since it's black and utterly pointless)

He got a nice caligraphy ... I've always though he wrote more like me ...
Thanks Humane

I shall celebrate with a day of being shut in and going slowly mad, and later at night I shall watch The Masters Of Horror's version of The Black Cat ^_^

I celebrated with a pastrami sammich! Mmmmm, pickles and pepperoncinis!

I should break out the Roger Corman movies too, shouldn't I?

Wow, I think I'll celebrate my reading some Poe. I think the Cask of Amontillado.

OOOHHH! Yeah! I saw "The Pit and the Pendulum" back when I was in the first grade, and when I painted the scene in water color the next day at school, and my teacher asked what it was and I told her, it was the first time I had ever seen my teacher frown at me. But she didn't say anything. Just walked away whilst giving me the fish-eye.

Ooooh really? *brings out raven-shaped chocolate cake*

"The Pit and the Pendulum" was a fun story. I should find my Poe book and read a story...
My favourite so far though is "Silence - A Fable." I did a painting based on it this fall. http://preussischblau.110mb.com/Full...rk/Silence.jpg
Funny/interesting that I happened to do it just over a month before his 200th birthday...