About this episode
This episode is baed on a very personal letter sent by Bram Stoke (the author of Dracula) to Walt Whitman. Stoker express (in almost homoerotic) tones his admiration for Whitman - and the episode points out that Walt Whitman has been suggested as a model for Dracula!
- Did Poe write any works about vampires or the undead? Explain.
- What was Poe;s final complete poem?
- What was Stoker;s life like as a young writer?
- On what day did Stoker send his first letter to Whitman?
- What do you think Stoker meant in his letter by “my kind?”
- What does “call me by your name” mean?
- What does “Tickle Drop” mean to you?
- 01:18 Intro to the subject of Poe and the undead
- 02:30 Annabel Lee
- 04:18 Continuation regarding inspiration for Dracula
- 05:23 Stoker’s childhood and youth
- 06:47 Life as a young writer
- 07:57 Letter to Whitman
- 19:31 Reply from Whitman
- 20:58 Whitman as main influence for Dracula
- 22:39 Whitman’s Tickle Drops poem
- 23:53 Future Episodes
- 25:48 Sources
- 26:07 Outro
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