Rare Christmas Books

Send us Fan MailThe first part of this episode basically serves as an introduction to the Christmas/holidays works that will be a a part of Celebrate Poe every night until December 26. “Rare Christmas Books” deals with valuable holiday publications, and serves as a background to the works that will be read during this holiday season.  The second part of this episode deals with the unreleased “Christmas with Edgar Allan Poe” - a bit about its history and several of its selections.  George will read the linear notes to the CD because they (it is hoped) say a great deal about Poe’s complicated relationship to the religion, music, and the holidays.What two authors wrote versions of “A Christmas Carol”How many episodes will be required for “A Christmas Carol” in this podcast?Why might it be difficult to edit a work like “A Christmas Carol”sWho wrote “The Night Before Christmas”Who wrote “The Gift of the Magi?’What did Poe think of Longfellow and Lowell?Where is the author of “A Set of Poe” from?”Who IS the author of “A Set of Poe”What is “Christmas with Edgar Allan Poe?”Who wrote “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”Name a Poe story that was published in “The Gift”00:00 Intro00:40 Valuable Christmas books3:40 A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)07:44 A Christmas Carol (James Russell Lowell)09:22 The Night Before Christmas09:49 The Gift of the Magi10:18 I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)11:08 The Bells (Edgar Allan Poe)11:55 A Set of Poe (George Ade)12:13 The Pit and the Pendulum13:59 Christmas with Edgar Allan Poe CD16:33 Christmas with Edgar Allan Poe Linear Notes19:59 The Holly and the Ivy23:25 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring26:13 Ave Maria28:34 Future Episodes28:44 Sources29:03 Outro and The First Noel musicSupport the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.