Gillian Anderson steals many a scene as Mrs. Marquis, and Lucy Boynton (“Chevalier”) is alluring and mysterious as the woman who steals Poe’s heart, and whose name sounds just enough like “Lenore” that it’s probably-almost-definitely not a coincidence.

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Poe’s fellow senators expressed their disgust after hearing about the incident and urged the appropriate committee to handle the inquiry.

Source: https://balita.com/senate-to-probe-new-human-trafficking-scheme-at-naia-poe/

Still, we wonder how Flanagan might mix so many of Poe’s original texts and make a coherent series that properly homages the author.

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The dialogue also interpolates Poe’s poems, keeping the gothic feel alive through the modern storytelling.

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The tale that classic American literature tells, in the aggregate, is largely one of violence, conflict and cruelty, whether it unfolds on Cooper’s frontier, in Hawthorne’s Salem, in Poe’s fantastical mansions or on Melville’s South Seas.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/books/review/dh-lawrence-american-classics-literature-soul.html

Writer Richard Matheson expands upon Poe’s source to create a creepy and quintessentially spooky castle story, with Vincent Price as the haunted hero.

Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/best-edgar-allan-poe-adaptations/