Annabel Lee

"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. The narrator, who fell in love with Annabel Lee when they were young, has a love for her so strong that even angels are envious. He retains his love for her even after her death. There has been debate over who, if anyone, was the inspiration for "Annabel Lee". Though many women have been suggested, Poe's wife Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe is one of the more credible candidates. Written in 1849, it was not published until shortly after Poe's death that same year.

Synopsis

The poem's narrator describes his love for Annabel Lee, which began many years ago in a "kingdom by the sea". Though they were young, their love for one another burned with such an intensity that angels became envious. It is for that reason that the narrator believes the seraphim caused her death. Even so, their love is strong enough that it extends beyond the grave and the narrator believes their two souls are still entwined. Every night, he dreams of Annabel Lee and sees the brightness of her eyes in the stars. Every night he lies down by her side in her tomb by the sea.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (/poʊ/; born Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story. Poe is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre and is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.

Born in Boston, Poe was the second child of two actors. His father abandoned the family in 1810, and his mother died the following year. Thus orphaned, the child was taken in by John and Frances Allan, of Richmond, Virginia. Although they never formally adopted him, Poe was with them well into young adulthood. Tension developed later as John Allan and Edgar repeatedly clashed over debts, including those incurred by gambling, and the cost of secondary education for the young man. Poe attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. Poe quarreled with Allan over the funds for his education and enlisted in the Army in 1827 under an assumed name. It was at this time his publishing career began, albeit humbly, with an anonymous collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), credited only to "a Bostonian". With the death of Frances Allan in 1829, Poe and Allan reached a temporary rapprochement. Later failing as an officer's cadet at West Point and declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, Poe parted ways with John Allan.

Edgar Allen

Edgar Allen (May 2, 1892 – February 3, 1943) was an American anatomist and physiologist. He is known for the discovery of estrogen and his role in creating the field of endocrinology.

Born on Cañon (Canyon) City, Colorado, Allen was educated at Brown University. After serving in World War I he took a position at Washington University in St. Louis until, in 1923, he was appointed to the chair of anatomy at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Ten years later he was appointed to the chair at Yale University.

At Missouri, he began his studies of sex hormones. While it was commonly believed at the time that the female reproductive cycle was controlled by substance in the corpus luteum, Allen sought the answer in the follicles surrounding the ovum, leading to his discovery of estrogen, though it was identified six years later by Adolf Butenandt in 1929.

Allen died of a heart attack in 1943 while on duty with the United States Coast Guard.

References

↑ Cowan, Ruth (1970). "Allen, Edgar". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 123–124. ISBN 0-684-10114-9.

Annabel

Annabel (also spelled Annabelle or Anabel) is a female given name, a variant of Amabel probably influenced by Anna., which means "graceful, or favor" and comes from Latin and Greek roots. Annabel also has part of the French word Belle, which means "Beautiful". Belle is sometimes used as a given name in the English language. It can also be a contraction of the Spanish name 'Ana Isabel'.

It can refer to:

Annabel, 1906 novel by L. Frank Baum

Annabel, a 2010 novel by Kathleen Winter

"Annabel", a song performed by Maria Dimitriadi in the film Koritsia ston ilio

USS Annabelle (SP-1206), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918

Annabelle, a popular variety of potato from the Netherlands

Annabelle, a variety of wild hydrangea

Annabelle (film), 2014 American horror film

Annabelle (doll), alleged haunted doll

It can refer to the following people:

Annabelle Apsion (British actress)

Annabel Astor, Viscountess Astor (English socialite)

Annabel Chong a.k.a. Grace Quek (pornographic actress)

Edgar

Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name Eadgar (composed of ead "rich, prosperous" and gar "spear").

Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).

People with the name Edgar

Historical figures

Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England

Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051–c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England

Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland

People with the given name Edgar

Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer

Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower

Edgar John Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist

Edgar Buchanan, American actor

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of Tarzan

Edgar Cason, American businessman and philanthropist

Edgar Cayce, American psychic and healer

Edgar F. Codd, British computer scientist

Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer

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'Annabel Lee' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Kingdom by the Sea (2013)

Actors: Edgar Allan Poe (writer), Larry Sugar (producer), Yolanda Torres (producer), Yolanda Torres (director), Yolanda Torres (editor), Giovanni Smets (actor), Juanjo Hidalgo (miscellaneous crew), Juan Antonio Fernández (producer), Juanjo Hidalgo (producer), James Reid (actor), Carlotta Martin (actor), Georgina Elizabeth Scott (actress), Yiyi Ma (composer), Sandra Santiago (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Short,

Annabel Lee (2013)

Actors: Carl T. Rogers (producer), Carl T. Rogers (director), Carl T. Rogers (writer), Beca Maldonado (miscellaneous crew), Nick Albertson (producer), Tim Stanlake (actor), Justin Michael Brittain (composer), Natalie Roy (actor), Blake Cortright (editor), Austin Fitzhugh (actor),

Plot: Annabel Lee is based on the original poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was written near the time of his death. It is the story of a husband and wife who are torn apart when angels plot against them. This short film is a fantasy re-imagining of Poe's haunting romance, and is visually told between the lines of the poem, which is read aloud throughout the film. Also, it is a period piece, set in the Antebellum South. Legend becomes myth.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Short,

Outlaw Country (2012)

Actors: Mary Steenburgen (actress), Frank Hoyt Taylor (actor), Michael Rooker (actor), Alex Van (actor), Michael Maxwell (miscellaneous crew), John Hawkes (actor), Jim O'Rear (actor), Stephen Root (actor), J. LaRose (actor), Cullen Moss (actor), Elizabeth Maxwell (miscellaneous crew), Kathy Pefferkorn (actress), Kathy Pefferkorn (actress), Art Linson (producer), Wendy Keeling (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Annabel Lee (2009)

Actors: Edgar Allan Poe (writer), Jason Solowsky (composer), Jon Morgan Woodward (actor), Ron Becks (actor), Michael Rissi (writer), Michael Rissi (actor), Michael Rissi (editor), Michael Rissi (director), Michael Rissi (writer), Raquel Rosser (actress), Jacqueline Hickel (actress), Bill Bordy (writer), Bill Bordy (producer), Bill Bordy (actor), Kevin Ging (actor),

Plot: "It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden she lived with no other thought, than to love and be loved by me . . . ." And so begins one of the most famous and haunting poem's from the enigmatic mind of one of literature's most prolific dark poets, Edgar Allan Poe. This chilling classic adapted for a 21st century audience. EDGAR ALLAN POE'S 'ANNABEL LEE' tells the story of Jack Blythe, an artist who rents a summer house in a quiet beach town to find creative inspiration. He gets more than he bargained for when he meets a beautiful but hauntingly mysterious woman who offers to be his subject for a painting. When Jack discovers that his seductive stranger resembles a woman presumed dead for 18 years, he becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth. Soon, Jack is caught up in a terrifying struggle that will unravel an unsolvable mystery and reveal a horrific secret.

Keywords: character-name-in-title
Genres: Thriller,
Taglines: Some Tales Are Timeless.

Annabel Lee (2000)

Actors: Edgar Allan Poe (writer), Luke Howard (director), Luke Howard (actor), Luke Howard (editor), Luke Howard (producer), Matthew Reeve (editor), Tilly Howard (actor), Robert Dale (actor),

Genres: Short,

Lolita (1997)

Actors: Dirk Vahle (miscellaneous crew), Frank Langella (actor), Dominique Swain (actress), Mario Kassar (producer), Ronald Pickup (actor), Mario Kassar (miscellaneous crew), Jeremy Irons (actor), Melanie Griffith (actress), Ed Grady (actor), Muse Watson (actor), Ennio Morricone (composer), Michael Culkin (actor), Dominique Piat (miscellaneous crew), Chris Beal (miscellaneous crew), Ingrid Johanson (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile.

Keywords: 14-year-old, 1920s, 1940s, 1950s, 38-smith-&-wesson, accident, adolescent, adult-actress-playing-minor-girl, african-american, age-difference
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: A forbidden love. An unthinkable attraction. The ultimate price. The most talked about, written about, controversial movie of the year. Forbidden, Provocative, Unforgettable. Watch it and make up your own mind.

Quotes:

Humbert: I missed you. I missed you a lot.::Lolita: Well I haven't missed you. In fact, I've been revoltingly unfaithful to you. But it doesn't matter, because you don't care about me anymore anyway.::Humbert: What makes you think I don't care about you?::Lolita: Well you haven't kissed me yet, have you?

Lolita: Murder me! Murder me like you murdered my mother!

[last lines]::Humbert: [voiceover] What I heard then was the melody of children at play, nothing but that. And I knew that the hopelessly poignant thing was not Lolita's absence from my side, but the absence of her voice from that chorus.

[first lines]::Humbert: [voiceover] She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks, she was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always - Lolita. Light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin. My soul. [whispered] Lolita.

Humbert: We had been everywhere. We had really seen nothing.

Clare Quilty: He can smell if you're sweet. He likes sweet young people. People like you.

Humbert: A normal man, given a group photograph of school girls and asked to point out the loveliest one, will not necessarily choose the nymphet among them.

Charlotte Haze: I asked you to make your bed. Didn't I?::Lolita: No. You asked me if I'd made my bed.

Lolita: I feel like we're grown-ups.::Humbert: Me, too.::Lolita: We get to do whatever we want, right?::Humbert: Whatever we want.

Miss Pratt: I know you have accepted a post at Beardsley College, and I know that there, academics are first, last, and always. Well, that's not us, Mister Humper. Here at Beardsley Prep... what we stress are the three Ds. Dramatics, Dancing, and Dating.

That's the Way of the World (1975)

Actors: Harvey Keitel (actor), Ed Nelson (actor), Francesca De Sapio (actress), Michael Dante (actor), Bert Parks (actor), Earth Wind & Fire (actor), Sig Shore (producer), Sig Shore (director), Sig Shore (actor), Verdine White (actor), Philip Bailey (actor), Murray Moston (actor), Charles McGregor (actor), Maurice White (actor), Robert Lipsyte (writer),

Genres: Drama, Music,
Taglines: Simple truths for the ways of the world. The top-selling Grammy-winning album of 1975 brought to you by Earth, Wind & Fire and its founder/writer/producer Maurice White is now a motion picture of all sorts. There are two sides to every hit record! Where were you when the stardust hit the fan?

Glad Rag Doll (1929)

Actors: Michael Curtiz (director), Douglas Gerrard (actor), Claude Gillingwater (actor), C. Graham Baker (writer), C. Graham Baker (writer), Harvey Gates (writer), George Beranger (actor), Ralph Graves (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Lee Moran (actor), Arthur Rankin (actor), Tom Ricketts (actor), Louise Beavers (actress), Dolores Costello (actress), Dale Fuller (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Luck in Pawn (1919)

Actors: Paul Weigel (actor), Charles Meredith (actor), Walter Edwards (director), Lydia Knott (actress), John Steppling (actor), Lillian Langdon (actress), Leota Lorraine (actress), Marguerite Clark (actress), Pat Moore (actor), Richard Wayne (actor), Myrtle Rishell (actress), Alice Eyton (writer), Thomas Persse (actor), Nancy Chase (actress), Dave Allen (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Peer Gynt (1915)

Actors: Raoul Walsh (director), William Desmond (actor), Charles Ruggles (actor), Herbert Standing (actor), Alma Rubens (actress), Myrtle Stedman (actress), Oscar Apfel (writer), Henrik Ibsen (writer), Oscar Apfel (director), Juan de la Cruz (actor), Winifred Bryson (actress), Mary Ruby (actress), Cyril Maude (actor), Fanny Stockbridge (actress), Kitty Stevens (actress),

Plot: A fantasy from Ibsen's verse drama. Ne'er-do-well and braggart Peer Gynt has many adventures in varied countries, making and losing money, gaining fortune at others' expense, until he finds salvation in the love of Solveig.

Keywords: based-on-play, libertine, norwegian, regeneration
Genres: Fantasy,

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2003, role: producer

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1993, role: producer
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1993, role: writer
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1993, role: editor
Play in Full Screen Mountains of the Moon

1990, role: miscellaneous crew

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1989, role: editor

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Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me
I was a child and she was a child
In this kingdom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee
With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me
And this was the reason that long ago
In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew out of a cloud chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee
So that her high-born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea
The angels not half so happy in heaven
Went envying her and me
Yes, that was the reason as all men know
In this kingdom by the sea
That the wind came out of the cloud by night
Chilling and killing my beautiful Annabel Lee
But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many who were wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul
From the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee
For the moon never beams without bringing me
Dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee
And so all the night-tide
I lie down by the side of my darling
My darling, my life and my bride
In the sepulcher there by the sea, in her tomb
By the sounding sea

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