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The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Richard Oram, the Ransom Center's Associate Director and Hobby Foundation Librarian, leads a gallery tour of "From Out that Shadow: The Life and legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." Details at www.hrc.utexas.edu/events.
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Isaiah Sheffer of "Selected Shorts," heard on public radio stations across America, hosts "Edgar Allan Poe: Poet and Storyteller," featuring actors René Auberjonois and Fionnula Flanagan. Actors subject to change. Details at www.hrc.utexas.edu/events.
Event Location: Jessen Auditorium in Homer Rainey Hall, 21st street at University Avenue, Austin, TX 78712
Poe Film Series: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1928), directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber, and a French adaptation, "La Chute de la Maison Usher" (1928), directed by Jean Epstein.
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
"From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe" Through January 3, 2010 Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this comprehensive exhibition about the great American poet, critic, and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe’s birth, this exhibition draws upon the extensive holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe’s works, his relationships and mysterious death, and his literary reputation. Highlights include letters from and about the author, Poe’s writing desk, original illustrations, and manuscripts of such works as “The Bells” and “The Raven.”
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
"From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe" Through January 3, 2010 Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this comprehensive exhibition about the great American poet, critic, and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe’s birth, this exhibition draws upon the extensive holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe’s works, his relationships and mysterious death, and his literary reputation. Highlights include letters from and about the author, Poe’s writing desk, original illustrations, and manuscripts of such works as “The Bells” and “The Raven.”
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Poe film series: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1960), directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price.
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Poe film series: Roger Corman's "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1961), starring Vincent Price.
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Lucian Douglas, Professor of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin, performs "The Tell-Tale Heart" and other selections from Edgar Allan Poe.
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Poe film series: Roger Corman's "The Raven" (1963), starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff.
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Molly Schwartzburg, the Ransom Center's Curator of British and American Literature, leads a gallery tour of "From Out that Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this comprehensive exhibition about the great American poet, critic, and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe’s birth, this exhibition draws upon the extensive holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe’s works, his relationships and mysterious death, and his literary reputation. Highlights include letters from and about the author, Poe’s writing desk, original illustrations, and manuscripts of such works as “The Bells” and “The Raven.”
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Poe film series: Federico Fellini, Louis Malle, and Roger Vadim bring three adaptations of Poe stories to the screen in the 1968 film "Spirits of the Dead" (Histoires Extraordinaires).
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
Visit the Ransom Center's booth at the Texas Book Festival for reading guides, bookmarks, and a limited number of free copies of "The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe," the selection for the Ransom Center's Big Read.
Event Location: Texas Book Festival, State Capitol, Austin, TX
Event Location: Howson Library, Austin, TX 78703
Event Location: Milwood Library, Austin, TX 78727
Event Location: 5500 Manchacha, Austin, TX 78745
"From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe" Through January 3, 2010 Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this comprehensive exhibition about the great American poet, critic, and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe’s birth, this exhibition draws upon the extensive holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe’s works, his relationships and mysterious death, and his literary reputation. Highlights include letters from and about the author, Poe’s writing desk, original illustrations, and manuscripts of such works as “The Bells” and “The Raven.”
Event Location: Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe Streets, Austin, TX 78712
