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This episode is baed on a very personal letter sent by Bram Stoke (the author of Dracula) to Walt Whitman. Stoker express (in  almost homoerotic) tones his admiration for Whitman - and the episode points out that Walt Whitman has been suggested as a model for Dracula!

• Did Poe write any works about vampires or the undead? Explain. 
• What was Poe;s final complete poem?
• What was Stoker;s life like as a young writer?
• On what day did Stoker send his first letter to Whitman?
• What do you think Stoker meant in his letter by “my kind?”  
• What does “call me by your name” mean?
• What does “Tickle Drop” mean to you?

• 01:18 Intro to the subject of Poe and the undead
• 02:30 Annabel Lee
• 04:18  Continuation regarding inspiration for Dracula
• 05:23 Stoker’s childhood and youth
• 06:47 Life as a young writer
• 07:57 Letter to Whitman
• 19:31 Reply from Whitman
• 20:58 Whitman as main influence for Dracula
• 22:39 Whitman’s Tickle Drops poem
• 23:53 Future Episodes
• 25:48 Sources
• 26:07 Outro

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