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Plagues, Witches, and Wars online course at the University of Virginia
https://www.coursera.org/learn/historical-fiction
The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore web site
https://www.eapoe.org/index.htm
- What IS historical fiction?
- Name three historical fiction novels involving Edgar Poe.
- What is central of ANY historical fiction?
- What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
- What just might be the best single research source for info about Poe on the web?
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:17 Story about Poe’s name
- 02:55 Introduction to Plagues, Witches, and Wars
- 05:53 What IS Historical Fiction?
- 07:25 Introduction to The Pale Blue Eye
- 10:43 Some other examples of historical fiction about Poe
- 15:48 Research as a basis for historical fiction
- 17:27 Best Poe resource source on web
- 20:38 Outro
- 21:02 Future episodes for year and recap
- 27:20 Sources
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