Poe and Democracy
Celebrate Poe
English - July 02, 2024 03:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEducation History poe edgar allan literature history horror terror richmond virginia baltimore Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Welcome back to Celebrate Poe - This is episode 254 - Poe’s Views on Democracy. Today I would like to talk with Mr. Poe about his views of government - and especially about what he might have thought about the specter of Donald Trump. I had previously been under the impression that Edgar Allan Poe was somewhat reactionary in his political views - coming from a wealthy and rather privileged background in the South - but after doing a great deal of research, I was surprised at how nuanced his views actually were.
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