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Plagues, Witches, and Wars online course at the University of Virginia
https://www.coursera.org/learn/historical-fiction

The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore web site
https://www.eapoe.org/index.htm

• What IS historical fiction?
• Name three historical fiction novels involving Edgar Poe.
• What is central of ANY historical fiction?
• What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?
• What just might be the best single research source for info about Poe on the web?

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:17 Story about Poe’s name
• 02:55 Introduction to Plagues, Witches, and Wars
• 05:53 What IS Historical Fiction?
• 07:25 Introduction to The Pale Blue Eye
• 10:43 Some other examples of historical fiction about Poe
• 15:48 Research as a basis for historical fiction
• 17:27 Best Poe resource source on web
• 20:38 Outro
• 21:02 Future episodes for year and recap
• 27:20 Sources

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