First Love and Deaf Culture

Send us Fan MailThis episode deals with 2 more chapters of The Home Life of Poe - Schoolboy Love Affairs and Rosalie Poe.  Susan Archer Talley writes movingly about Poe’s first romantic attaction, its tragic conclusion, his sister Rosalie Poe, the strange effect of wine on both Edgar and Rosalie.  Finally George looks into some of the dynamics of Deafness - why Susan Archer Talley’s deafness may have made her the ideal person to write a book about Poe, and how art starts in the heart (not the ear) and is meant to touch hearts.Who do most scholars believe was Poe’s first ideal love?What seemed to be the effects of wine on Rosalie and Edgar (even at a young age)?Who was the inspiration for “To Helen"?Was Susan Archer Talley adventitiously deaf?What could Keats mean by “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/Are sweeter”02:00 Schoolboy Love Affairs05:30 Devotion of and love for Mrs. Stannard10:44 Rosalie Poe12:42 Effects of wine13:28 William Henry Poe15:14 Dynamics of Deafness16:30 Advantages of deafness?21:37 Poets who happen to be deaf25:32 Visual experiences and art’s purpose in touching hearts29:23 Next week’s epsiode 29:33 Sources Support the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.