The Nature of Edgar Allan Poe

A while back I posted my quick one-take reading of Poe'sclassic story of nature and super-nature, "Silence: A Fable." Thisnew version uses some high-tech audio to bring you a more polished listeningexperience. Read by James Addison Conrad; principle photography by ParkerGrice, with the addition of a few pieces from the Creative Commons (credited atthe end of the video).

Most people don't think of Edgar Allan Poe as a naturewriter, but he often was. His most famous piece, "The Raven," is about what Iconsider the central question of nature writing: how much of the world is inour perceptions, and how much objectively true? "Silence" considers anotheraspect of our relationship with nature. Or, maybe it's just some weird stuff involving hippos.