Celebrate Poe

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Celebrate Poe Podcast

This podcast is a deep dive into the life, times. works. and influences of Edgar Allan Poe - "America's Shakespeare." Mr. Poe comes to life in this weekly podcast!

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The Hypocrisy of American Slavery

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is episode 272 where I look at Frederick Douglass, and yes, a little about Edgar Allan Poe. Now while Poe and Douglass came from vastly different backgrounds with fascinating writing styles, they both share a mastery of suspense in their respective works. In this episode, I want to concentrate on Douglass’s ideas and writing style in addition to some comments about Poe, ending with Douglass’s masterful “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery.”

35 min
11 SEPT

Life, Liberty, and Happiness

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley, and this is episode 270 - Life, Liberty, and Happiness.The United States Declaration of Independence is an extremely important document in the history of the United States of America, and was ratified on July 4, 1776. It says that the Americans were no longer under British rule. Instead, the thirteen British colonies came together to become a union of free and independent states.You see, before 1776, the United States of Amer...

29 min
7 SEPT

Give Me Liberty

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley - and this is episode 269 - Give Me Liberty.Presidential elections in the United States only occur once every four years, and it could be argued that 2024 is the most important Presidential election of our lives. So after a great deal of thought and research, I decided to take a break from producing episodes about Poe, and take a deep dive into some of the important political documents that defined this country - now ear...

23 min
31 AUG

Marrying Your Cousin

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 269 - Marrying Your CousinMany people believe that one of the most controversial subjects regarding Poe is the fact that he married his much younger cousin. Virginia Eliza Clemm. - I guess you could say that the relationship began as a familial bond. Poe first met Virginia when she was seven years old, and he was twenty. Over time, their relationship evolved into a romantic one, culminating in their marriage when Virginia was 13 and Poe wa...

28 min
27 AUG

Poe's First Story - Part 2

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley, and this is episode 266 - Poe’ First Story - Part TwoAfter all the background of the previous episode, I’d like to devote this episode to the actual story of Metzengerstein. After listening to this episode, you might like to go back and listen to Part One - even if you have already heard it - in fact the episode has some valuable information that should be with the story - I like to try and keep episodes under 30 minut...

30 min
22 AUG

Poes' First Story - Part 1

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley, and this is episode 266 - Poe’ First Story - Part OneMost Poe scholars seem to believe that Poe’s first published story was Metzengerstein. Metzengerstein was published by The Philadelphia Saturday Courier on the 14 JANUARY in 1832. So today I would like to look at some background information regarding the story, and read the actual work in Part Two.

26 min
17 AUG

Celebrate Poe's Most Important Episode Yet

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - this is Episode 265 - Celebrate Poe’s Most Important Episode Yet - This is the first episode of this podcast that is NOT Poecentric - an episode that a does not deal primarily with Poe or his writings - but a very personal account of my prostate cancer, the importance of early treatment, as well as the prostate cancer experiences of many famous personalities.

34 min
14 AUG

Baltimore, Part Two

Send us a textWelcome to Celebrate Poe - My name is George Bartley, and this is episode 264 - Baltimore, Part Two - and let me emphasize that this and the previous episode are about the time that Poe spent in Baltimore after he left West Point - his final days in Baltimore shortly before his earthly demise.

29 min

19/10/2020

Celebrate Poe Trailer

Send us a textOnce upon a midnight dreary -What would it be like if the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe did a podcast.Join Mr. Poe and George Bartley, a historical reenact and independent researcher, for a deep dive into the life, times, and works of one of America’s greatest writers, Edgar Allan Poe.Subscribe to us on Apple Podcast, or your podcast catcher of choice.

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This podcast is a deep dive into the life, times. works. and influences of Edgar Allan Poe - "America's Shakespeare." Mr. Poe comes to life in this weekly podcast!

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George Bartley
Years Active

2020 - 2024
Episodes

269
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Clean
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