Famous Authors - Edgar Allan Poe
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Actor: Edgar Allan PoeBrand: POE,EDGAR ALLAN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-04-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
DVD Reviews of Famous Authors - Edgar Allan Poe
DVD Review: Incorrect Information
Summary: 2 Stars
For a biography on such a prevalent, well known author I would have thought that the information included in the DVD would be correct. I am a pre-service teacher and showed this to my class, in the opening picture the dates listed below Poe's picture were 1804-1849. The video then went on to quote Poe's correct birth year in the opening scene, however I had to explain to my students that I had shown them a video with incorrect information. I had planned on buying all of the biography video's I would need from this series because they run 30 minutes which is absolutely perfect with a normal high school classroom's schedule. Needless to say, I won't be buying any more from this series.DVD Review: Boring
Summary: 1 Stars
I am a teacher and bought this dvd to show to my students. I was amazed at how such an interesting life could have been made so dull. After we watched the dvd, I challenged my students to write a more interesting biography of Poe. "Well, that shouldn't be hard," was the immediate respond of one of my students.
Description of Famous Authors - Edgar Allan Poe
"Drawing on old maps, contemporary drawings and paintings, portraits and other archive material, the excellent Famous Authors series not only presents a factual outline of the writers' lives, but also conveys a clear visual picture of the social and historical background to their writing. Recommended for all ages." -THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE Poe rose from the depths of despair at age 22, disinherited and destitute, to become one of the greatest figures in American literature. At that age he had three dozen poems published and went on to do about forty more. But short stories would prove to be the genre for which his contributions were most significant. The Pit and the Pendulum and The Tell-Tale Heart are two of his most enduring works. Poe virtually invented detective stories and the notion of focusing on the process of solving the crime, rather than the criminal or the act. He was notorious for writing tales told by "unresponsible narrators," whose self-deluding ways force the reader to take an active role in deciphering the mystery. His personal history has been the subject of controversy, with rumors of alcoholism and his marriage to a 13 year old cousin sparking the debate but adding to the mystique.General DVDs
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