Where Did Poe Get THAT idea?

This episode deals with some of the possible sources for Tamerlane - the longest poem from his first published work.  This episode touches on such varied subjects as Christopher Marlowe, Nicolas Rowe and the First Folio, the Richmond Theatre Fire, hippodrome plays, and why Tamerlane and Other Poems is important.

What is the full name of Edgar Poe’s first published work?Which play by Christopher Marlowe might be an influence on Tamerlane?What is the importance of Marlowe’s hero?What is the importance of Nicholas Rowe regarding Shakespeare?What happened to the first Richmond Theatre?Why?What was the worst urban disaster in the United States as of 1812?What is a hippodrome play?Do we definitely know if Poe saw Timour the Tartar?Name some ways that the historical Tamerlane was different from Poe’s Tamerlane.

00:00 Intro02:11 Christopher Marlowe and Tamerlane06:40 Nicolas Rowe and Monk Lewis08:20 Disaster at the Richmond Theatre17:38 Second Richmond Theatre and Hippodrome Plays18:59 Timour the Tartar at Richmond Theatre21:29 Ending and importance of Poe’s Tamerlane24:59 Future episode25:16 Sources25:45 Outro