Professor David Peimer
Edgar Allan Poe: The Mysterious World of the Mind
Summary
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote, “Where was the detective story until Poe breathed life into it?” Alfred Hitchcock once said, “It’s because I liked Edgar Allan Poe’s stories so much that I began to make suspense films.” Poe was a master of storytelling; the detective, horror, gothic, dark romanticism genres all evoke mysteries of the mind. In this talk, David Peimer will examine some of Poe’s work and adaptations in film, theatre and television.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a Professor of Literature, Film and Theatre in the UK. He has worked for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament (Brussels), Athens, Budapest, Zululand and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna’s Story, at London Jewish Book Week. He has published widely with books including: Armed Response: Plays from South Africa, the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London), and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, Vaclav Havel Foundation and directed a range of plays at Mr Havel’s Prague theatre.
No, his father left when he was one, and his mother died when he was two. Rita, when Edgar was a baby, David abandoned the family. Here, we get it exactly, yeah, okay. Edgar was never officially adopted, yep.
As far as I know, I don’t know how much he believed in any religion, for that matter, but he would have understood it, certainly, and the confession ‘cause he does use that as a technique in “Usher.”
Don’t think so, I mean, not particularly the persona, but I don’t think it necessarily has a direct link. I think he understood it.