Welcome to Celebrate Poe - What Is Gothic - Episode 373 - the first of a extended series of podcasts - at least 10 podcasts under the general subject title of Poe and Gothic literature.This podcast episode begins with a few bars of&n...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 372 - Dracula and DoublesBefore we go any further, I want to give you a basic definition of a double in literature or movies - first using some fairly recent examples.Now a "double" refers t...

Welcome to Episode 371 - The Black VampyreIn this episode I would like to delve into a literary work published by C. Wiley and Company on June 23, 1819 - The Black Vampyre.   Unfortunately, the story has a lot of archaic wo...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - This is 370 - The Judge’s House, Part TwoIf you have not heard the previous episode, I recommend that you listen to Episode 369.  That episode has an interesting introduction to the tale, as well ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 369 The Judge’s House, Part OneBut before we go any further, I want to announce that Celebrate Poe has now had downloads in 100 countries and territories.Now I have another surprise for you ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe.  This is Episode 368 - Varney VS DraculaThis podcast has had episodes about Varney the Vampire, as well as Bram Stoker’s Dracula - but you might well be wondering - what are the realdifferences between ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 367 The blood is the life!Today I would like to start out by comparing Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s castle to Edgar Allan Poe’s decaying House of Usher.Both Castle Dracula and the House of Usher ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 366 - Would You Like Some Sugar with Your Flies - In this episode, I would like to zero in for a look at my favorite character in Dracula - Renfield.Now while Dracula operates in the shadows, Renfie...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Vampire BridesLet’s jump into Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic novel - Dracula.  Now the character of Count Dracula draws from  draws from historical figures, folklore, and literary innovat...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 365 - Dracula’s Guest, Part TwoAnd welcome to the second part and conclusion of Bram Stoker’s Dracula Guest.  As I looked there came a cold shiver in the air, and the snow began to...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 363  - Dracula’s Guest, Part OneFinally - this podcast is beginning a series of episodes about Bram Stoker’s Dracula. First, I am going to delve into - at some detail - what is often felt to be...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 362 - Poetry and DreamsI was looking through articles about Poe to find information for a future article regarding why do so many people read Edgar Allan Poe. And I found some great stuff and certai...

Welcome 361  Vampires and ReligionNow I was planning to do some Easter theme episodes on Celebrate Poe - yes there is a connection - and looked at the calendar - assuming that Easter took place in March or early April - bu...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 360 - Dracula at ChurchWelcome back to Dracula at Church - and if you have not listened to the previous episode, it might really help you to understand some fascinating ideas about the unintended ro...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 359 - Vampires and the Last SupperWhen I started this podcast, I assumed the topics of the Last Supper and Easter would have nothing to do with anything related to Poe - oh sure, we do have evidence...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - my name is George Bartley, and this is episode 358 - Pre Dracula 2 or Calling Me By Your Name.The title of this episode - Calling Me By Your Name - is a variation on a phrase -  Call Me By Your N...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 357 - Pre DraculaI promise you that after this and the following episode, I will begin a series of episodes about the big one - at least the big one in the field of vampirism - Bram Stoker’s Dracula...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 355 - Poe and VampiresWhile Edgar Allan Poe didn't write about traditional vampires, his exploration of vampiric themes places his work within a broader context of vampiric literature, showcasing th...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 355 - Why All the Fuss About DraculaEpisode 354 should be a relatively short episode - the subject is Stoker’s Dracula - and I want to briefly explore some reasons WHY Dracula is considered a great ...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 354, Encountering Poe’s Ghost RevisitedI looked at the time I have left for podcasts this month, and realized that I had just enough for one more episode - and this will not be a long episode at all...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - and this is episode 353 - Loathsome Mass of Detestable PutridityHello, my name is George Bartley, and the Ghost of Mr. Poe is here right beside me. I hope you have listened to the previous episode for secti...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 352 - Poe’s Hoaxes, Part One Being April Fool’s day, today I want to look at Poe’s six hoax stories - in fact, Edgar Allan Poe approvingly called his time the “epoch of the hoax.” Even though P...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 351 - From Feast of Blood -This is the final episode of Celebrate Poe - at least for now - devoted to Varney the Vampire.   Now, as mentioned in a previous episode, the entire work spans 876 do...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Be Content to Suffer - This is episode 350 of Celebrate Poe - a bit of a milestone for this podcast.  And I must admit that when I started Celebrate Poe, I had no idea I would make it this far - and there is s...

Welcome to Celebrate Poe - episode 349 - Varner (I mean, Varney) the VampireHope you have listened to episode 348 about Varney the Vampire but you might be asking yourself, How does Varney's sympathetic portrayal differ from other va...