Eleonora

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Today's horror audio story is the intriguing tale of a lost lover dealing with a personal illness. Eleonora is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most well criticized Victorian ghost stories, and as you’ll see in this episode, for good reason. Not only does it show the extent of Poe’s masterful use of powerful prose and ravishing rhetoric to create an unforgettable narrative, it also demonstrates the layers of hidden meaning he was able to construct within the ongoing story. As a master of scary stories and horror, Poe here seems to take a break from the grotesque and focus on the tragic and the beautiful. Truly, this is a gem, among some of Poe’s best work.

Research sources for this episode:

• The History of Men by Prof. Michael S. Kimmel
• Walden by Henry David Thoreau
• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• The Poetic Principle by Edgar Allan Poe

(https://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/poetprnb.htm)

• Agricultural Changes in the Midwest (OR see History of agriculture in the United States on Wikipedia as well)

(https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1560187343/troyk12mius/izy3gyiyjdjy3mcbtx12/Chapter09.pdf)

• Rise of Crime in the Period 1830-1860 by Paul Dolan

(https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2921&context=jclc)

• Poesian Feminism: Triumph or Tragedy by Debra Johanyak

(https://www.jstor.org/stable/44322928?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents)

• Love and Death in the American Novel by Leslie A. Fiedler

(https://archive.org/details/lovedeathinameri00fied)

• Edgar Allan Poe and Female Victimization by Xi Li

(https://etd.ohiolink.edu/acprod/odb_etd/ws/send_file/send?accession=dayton1544130664085232&disposition=inline)

• A Damsel with a Dulcimer: An Interpretation of Poe’s “Eleonora” by Sam S. Baskett

(https://www.jstor.org/stable/3043539?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents)

• An Analyzing the Portrayal of Women in Victorian Literature by Rani Rathore

(https://www.airo.co.in/publications/64348-victorian-women-(1)-(1)-new.pdf)

This audiobook podcast is perfect for educators, teachers, students and schools/colleges looking to educate themselves and others on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Victorian era writing, old ghost stories and classic horror fiction. As it is a horror podcast, it is also great for fans of horror, lore of H.P. Lovecraft, Gothic fiction, poetry, short horror fiction, and timeless classic scary stories. Be sure to share with any fans of horror audio stories, horror audiobooks and spooky tales.

Music and narration by Tynan Portillo.

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