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Poe's Hoaxes, Part One
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Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 352 - Poe’s Hoaxes, Part One
Being April Fool’s day, today I want to look at Poe’s six hoax stories - in fact, Edgar Allan Poe approvingly called his time the “epoch of the hoax.” Even though Poe’s motives in writing hoaxes may sometimes seem odd or obscure, his hoaxes live on as a quirky and fascinating part of literary history.
After a great deal of thought, I decided to deal with five of the hoax stories in this episode, and a hoax story that could also be classified as a tale of terror in the following episode. And I plan to release both episodes on April Fool’s day - then go much deeper into Poe’s hoax stories for the entire month of 2026 - they are some of Poe’s most influential writings. And that is no April Fool’s joke.
Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Poe.
380 episodes
Manage episode 474481063 series 2809802
Welcome to Celebrate Poe - Episode 352 - Poe’s Hoaxes, Part One
Being April Fool’s day, today I want to look at Poe’s six hoax stories - in fact, Edgar Allan Poe approvingly called his time the “epoch of the hoax.” Even though Poe’s motives in writing hoaxes may sometimes seem odd or obscure, his hoaxes live on as a quirky and fascinating part of literary history.
After a great deal of thought, I decided to deal with five of the hoax stories in this episode, and a hoax story that could also be classified as a tale of terror in the following episode. And I plan to release both episodes on April Fool’s day - then go much deeper into Poe’s hoax stories for the entire month of 2026 - they are some of Poe’s most influential writings. And that is no April Fool’s joke.
Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Poe.
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