Edgar Allan Poe
IN HIS TIMES AND OURS

Stephen Rachman | 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Thursday, October 23
$10 in advance; $20 at the door

Could Edgar Allan Poe see into the future? His life and times included major literary landmarks, of course, and he pioneered brand new genres: gothic, horror, crime, and science fiction. Not only have these innovations endured, they have anticipated our own times and preoccupations, creating real connections between Poe’s classic works and today’s novels, films, and television programs.

Stephen Rachman serves on the English faculty at Michigan State University, where he has also directed the American Studies Program. He researches and writes extensively about nineteenth-century American litera­ture and is co-editor of the book The American Face of Edgar Allan Poe. He chaired the Poe Studies Association (2008-2010), organizing the Association’s international conference during the 2009 Poe bicentennial.