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“The Pit and the Pendulum” Exhibit

July 19, 2011

Some of Poe’s most popular tales of terror were inspired by true events. One example is “The Pit and the Pendulum,” which tells of the story of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, an infamous program of trials in which the judges were allowed to use torture to extract confessions from the accused. Poe sets this story in a torture chamber during the Spanish Inquisition. He may have been inspired by a paragraph in Thomas Dick’s Philosophy of Religion (1825): “On entry of the French into Toldeo during the late Peninsular War, General Lasalle visited the Palace of the Inquisition. The great ...

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Poe in Comics

September 8, 2008

This isn't technically related to the bicentennial, but the exhibit of Poe in the comics is still running at the Poe Museum. For those of you who haven't had a chance to see it, you still have until the end of October visit. Even those of you who are not particularly interested in comic books or graphic novels will still be able to appreciate the artistry of some of these drawings and paintings. Among my favorites were the illustrations by Richard Corben for "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." Beautifully rendered, these dramatic images really make an impression on the viewer. The ...

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