272 "William Wilson" by Edgar Allan Poe (with Evie Lee)

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Evie Lee, a Vice President of the Literature Supporters Club, joins Jacke for a look at Poe's classic doppelgänger story, "William Wilson" (1839). Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/shop. (We appreciate it!) Find out more at historyofliterature.com, jackewilson.com, or by following Jacke and Mike on Twitter at @thejackewilson and @literatureSC. Or send an email to [email protected]. New!!! Looking for an easy to way to buy Jacke a coffee? Now you can at paypal.me/jackewilson. Your generosity is much appreciated! The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio. Double Gangers. The Double Gangers. The double. Do you have one? Maybe you don't have one yet. The Germans invented the word.
0:31.0	Doppel for double and ganger for walker or goer. Some of you might have one, you might meet him or her face to face, especially here in October. Some of you might see someone who belongs
0:47.5	to someone else. The Germans were not alone in recognizing the eeriness of the phenomenon.
0:53.8	Egyptians believed in doppelgangers.
0:56.8	So did the Greeks.
0:58.4	What are they?
1:00.1	Ghosts?
1:01.8	Imprints that our soul leaves behind, coincidences, alternate universes, psychological
1:10.4	projections. Here's his account of the night in 1612, quote,
1:25.0	Two days after their arrival there, Mr. Dunn was left alone
1:30.0	in that room in which Sir Robert and he and some other friends had dinner together.
1:36.1	To this place Sir Robert returned within half an hour and as he left so he found Mr Dunn alone.
1:44.0	But in such ecstasy and so altered as to his looks
1:48.0	as amazed Sir Robert to behold him in so much
1:51.0	that he earnestly desired Mr. Dunn to declare befallen him in such a short time of his absence.
1:58.0	To which Mr. Dunn was not able to make a present answer. But after a long and perplexing pause did at last say,
2:09.5	I have seen a dreadful vision since I saw you. I have seen my dear wife pass twice by me through
2:17.3	this room with her hair hanging about her shoulders and a dead child in her arms.
2:25.0	This I have seen since I saw you.
2:29.0	To which Sir Robert replied,
2:31.0	Sure, sir, you have slept since I saw you, and this is the result of some melancholy dream,
2:37.7	which I desire you to forget, for you are now awake.
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