AARP Hearing Center
Discover how Poe’s tales of death and the afterlife aligned with Spiritualism’s rise and shaped its beliefs, through seances, “spirit writing” and eerie storytelling.
About the Event
From seances to “spirit writing”—wording supposedly written by spirits or supernatural forces—the Spiritualists attempted to communicate with the other side. Many of Edgar Allan Poe’s tales offer ideas on the afterlife and how the living can communicate with the dead.
Writing in the 1800s, Poe took advantage of the coinciding rise of the Spiritualist movement in America to share stories of death and life and whatever comes in-between.
This presentation discusses Poe’s connection with the movement and examines how he inadvertently influenced their beliefs.
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