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  1. Wired for Books: Ken Silverman (About Edgar Allan Poe) (1992)

    Subject
    Literature

    Ken Silverman, author of Edgar A Poe : Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance, Houdini!!!, Lightning Man : The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse, and many more, discusses the life of Edgar Allan Poe with...

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  2. Poe’s ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ (1958)

    Subject
    Drama; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

    A one man dramatisation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Tell-Tale Heart, performed by Michael Kane.

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  3. Edgar Allan Poe (1994 Video)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £13.74

    A programme about Edgar Allan Poe from the ‘Famous Authors’ series of documentary biographies. Using film, archive documents, portraits, music and commentary, the programme presents not only a factual...

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  4. Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

    Director
    James Sibley, Jr. Watson
    Subject
    Film studies; Literature

    This 1928 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s story is the most well-known and technically accomplished example of the avant-garde school of American film-making which flourished in the 1920s.

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  5. Tell-Tale Heart, The (1962)

    Director
    Ernest Morris
    Producer
    Edward J. Danziger; Harry Lee Danziger
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £11.99

    A dark and dramatic adaption of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic story, Laurence Payne stars as Edgar Marsh, a shy and awkward librarian who becomes obsessed with his new neighbour Betty Clare. Despite Marsh’s...

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  6. Literature of the Supernatural: Worlds Beyond Reason (1984)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 41 minutes), £95.00 [University rate]

    A survey of supernatural themes in literature.

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  7. Romanticism and Revolution (1770 - 1870)

    Subject
    History; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 23 minutes), £39.00

    Investigates the Enlightenment roots of the American Revolution and examines its influence on the French Revolution. Illustrates how revolt became a romantic idea during the period-a passionate outburst by...

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  8. Masque of Red Death, The (1964)

    Director
    Roger Corman
    Subject
    Film studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £8.00

    While the plague rages throughout Europe, sadistic Italian prince Prospero dallies with devil worship. To entertain his fellow Satanists, Prospero hosts a lavish ball in the confines of his castle, but the...

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  9. Schalcken the Painter (2013)

    Director
    Leslie Megahey
    Subject
    Art; Literature; Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £19.99

    Based on the short story ‘Strange Event in the Life of Schalcken the Painter’ by Sheridan Le Fanu, this programme was originally shown in the Omnibus strand on BBC 2 during Christmas 1979. The story...

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