Edgar Allan Poe

Synopsis: 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 outline of the writer’s life, but also conveys a visual picture of the social and historical background to his writing.
Series: Famous Authors, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of production: 1994
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: biographies; literature - American; writers - American; Poe, Edgar Allan

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Notes: For over thirty years Academy Media has been making programmes about history, literature, music and languages with the hope of helping individuals to develop and enrich themselves. Famous Authors and Famous Composers are continuing series of video biographies, the former featuring many writers whose work is included in the National Curriculum. There are also series on the history and culture of China, Thailand and Greece as well as a new series of productions of classic plays, the first of which is Ibsen’s Ghosts. Sale on DVD.

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