AMERICAN MASTERS | Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive: Official Trailer | PBS

Best known for his Gothic horror tales and narrative poem “The Raven,” Poe’s stories are the basis of countless films and TV episodes, and have inspired even more, as has his name and image. Determined to re-invent American literature, Poe was an influential – and brutally honest – literary critic and magazine editor, who also invented the detective protagonist with his character C. Auguste Dupin. Premieres Mon, October 30, 2017 at 9/8c.

Discover the real story of the notorious author, starring Denis O’Hare as Edgar Allan Poe. Explores the misrepresentations of Poe and reveals how he tapped into what it means to be human in a modern and sometimes frightening world.

[forgottenalex]

Will this be coming to Netflix as well?

[braziliantvhd]

So how do we get the full documentary?

[lacebird]

This looks so good! I would really like to watch it, but it isn't available outside the US. Is there a way to watch this in Europe?

[karenbartlett]

This Yankee is playing Edgar Allen Poe, one of the great Southern writers and one of the greatest American writers? He was from Virginia, and despised Yankees and ridiculed them for their insistence that the rest of the States should be like (yuk) them.