Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture (Paperback)

from LA12Hernandez

Took me forever to get through this book. Much of the comparisons are not really fleshed out and it doesn't seem to have any real direction. I was very disappointed.

from varielle

The Tell-Tale Art is an exploration of Poe's influence on pop culture, from books to television, movies and art. The comparison to other creative artists is occasionally a bit stretched and the flow isn't what one would wish. There are plenty of citations and it gives the appearance of being well...

from sedelia

As individual essays about the themes found in modern-day mystery/thriller works and Poe's writings, this book may have worked. However, as a book with a supposed overarching theme of the influence that Poe has had in modern popular culture, it falls very flat. While nobody can deny Poe's influen...

from ponder

No doubt, Poe influenced many creative intellects. However, you could choose any past influential author and draw conclusions regarding their influence upon current artists, authors and directors. I am not necessarily contesting the proposals by Jackson but some our quite a stretch in my humble o...

from mirrani

I was very excited to get this book as a part of the Early Reviewers program on LibraryThing, as I was hoping for an honest, in-depth look at how our modern society has been influenced by the writings of Poe. What I ended up finding were long descriptions of modern television shows and sort of ha...