Boston is bookending the month of October with two sculpted tributes to its native son and master of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe. We previously reported that a bronze bust of Poe would be unveiled at Boston's public library on October 30th, and that a statue of Poe would be revealed in Boston's Poe Square earlier that month on October 5th. Photos of the Edgar Allan Poe statue have been released and they show the author surrounded by some of his most famous works.
Titled "Poe Returning To Boston," The Huffington Post reports that the statue was sculpted by philosophy professor Stefanie Rocknak, who was chosen out of 265 proposals. In addition to the meticulous details of Poe in the sculpture, Rocknak has also included nods to two of his most well-known works, his poem "The Raven" and his short story "The Tell-Tale Heart." A large raven flies beside Poe, and a human heart is amongst the papers spilling out of the author's briefcase. All aspects of the sculpture were crafted in clay and will be cast in bronze.
If you're in the Boston area this upcoming Halloween season, you can see the Poe statue in its finished form on the intersection of Boylston Street and Charles Street South in Boston's Poe Square.
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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