{"id":236,"date":"2015-04-08T08:45:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T12:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/americanicons\/?p=236"},"modified":"2015-04-08T08:45:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T12:45:06","slug":"bobblehead-poe-by-lea-millip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/americanicons\/2015\/04\/08\/bobblehead-poe-by-lea-millip\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobblehead Poe by Lea Millip"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I think of Edgar Allan Poe, it is not his horror stories or dreary personality \"Bobblehead\"<\/a>that I think about first, it is the memory of an Edgar Allan Poe bobblehead that sat atop my eighth grade teacher\u2019s desk.\u00a0 That stupid, freaky, bobbling bobblehead.\u00a0 It never seemed to stop bobbling and I always felt that it was staring at me.\u00a0 I originally did not know who the bobblehead was but after we read some of Poe\u2019s stories, my English teacher shameless professed her obsession with Poe and her love for that bobblehead.\u00a0 As we have been debating whether or not Poe is an American icon, I keep going back to this memory.\u00a0 It is clear to me, and I assume most people, that Poe is a literary icon.\u00a0 After all, it was my English teacher who had the obsession with Poe.\u00a0 My class even went on a field trip to the University of Pennsylvania to watch a production of a few Poe tales.\u00a0 I am personally not a literature or English fanatic but I do have respect for Poe\u2019s works and think he deserves to be recognized as a literary icon.<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/a>In the debate of whether or not Poe is a Philadelphia icon, I make the argument that he is indeed a Philadelphia icon.\u00a0 I support Philadelphia professor Ed Pettit\u2019s argument in The Great Poe Debate that we remember a writer for their works and Poe\u2019s most productive writing years were in Philadelphia.\u00a0 Pettit also says that Philadelphia was the \u201ccrucible for Poe\u2019s imagination\u201d.\u00a0 I would say that Philadelphia has been the crucible for many a successful people\u2019s imaginations.\u00a0 I do not think the quantity of time one has spent in the city is as relevant as the quality of one\u2019s time spent there.\u00a0 Poe\u2019s time in Philadelphia was quality time.<\/p>\n

Back to the bobblehead- it is no doubt that Poe is an icon.\u00a0 Not everyone gets a bobblehead.\u00a0 It is the type of icon that requires further investigation.\u00a0 As previously stated, Poe is a literary and Philadelphia icon under my examination.\u00a0 But I just cannot seem to let Poe fall under the title of \u201cAmerican icon\u201d.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t go so far as to say Poe did anything wrong, he just failed to make the cut.\u00a0 I never heard of anyone who admired Poe\u2019s personality or \u201ccharm\u201d if that\u2019s what you would like to call it.\u00a0 His gloomy personality is a main reason why he is not an American icon; I think it is safe to say Americans would rather not feel the way Poe felt or purposely imitate his depression and misery.\u00a0 However, it seems only fitting that the Poe bobblehead in my old classroom freaked me out.\u00a0 I think Poe himself would freak me out too.<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/p>\n

The Great Poe Debate with Ed Pettit, Jeff Jerome and Paul Lewis, moderated by Grover Silcox<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.oldies.com\/product\/topsellers.cfm\/format_Gifts-Collectibles_genre_Gift-Pop-Culture.html<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.quickmeme.com\/Hipster-Edgar-Allan-Poe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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