tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post1386464194395765681..comments2024-03-07T11:38:48.622-08:00Comments on We Be Reading: Poe Fridays: The Premature BurialKristen M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-21458568501909440462009-09-29T21:15:09.074-07:002009-09-29T21:15:09.074-07:00Elizabeth - I saw the mention of "hundreds&qu...Elizabeth - I saw the mention of "hundreds"! I guess they couldn't just wait a day or two extra before burials?<br /><br />Amateur Reader - Hmm ... sounds like a stretch. I don't think you need to deeply explain a fear of being buried alive!<br /><br />J.T. - You crack me up! And yet I will admit to a fear of being buried, even dead ... so I'm going for the same thing -- donation and cremation. I don't like thinking about my body in a tight little box forever and I also don't want to rot.Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-28866966619481465902009-09-29T17:56:22.905-07:002009-09-29T17:56:22.905-07:00I just wanted to let you know that I'm skippin...I just wanted to let you know that I'm skipping this post because I have a HUGE fear of being buried alive. So much so that when I die I want all my organs donated and then to be cremated. I think it's because about 15 (or more) years ago Days of Our Lives had a story line where someone was buried alive. I was too young to watch it, but my sisters let me watch it with them anyways.J.T. Oldfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06325478987616443186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-85357871857149496622009-09-27T13:21:07.234-07:002009-09-27T13:21:07.234-07:00Poe wrote a number of stories about being buried a...Poe wrote a number of stories about being buried alive - "The Fall of the House of Usher" for example.<br /><br />Critic Daniel Hoffman suggests that it's related to his fear of respiratory illness, like the one that killed his mother. I'm never quite sure about these psychological explanations.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-74930530582856460582009-09-26T06:34:20.425-07:002009-09-26T06:34:20.425-07:00This one was not my favorite - it felt a little to...This one was not my favorite - it felt a little too "explainey" for me. Also, how many times do you think someone had to get buried alive before they decided to make a society for it? I think the reality is creepier than the fiction on this one!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939074543470696025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-37859617479274710912009-09-26T01:16:47.060-07:002009-09-26T01:16:47.060-07:00I am a Poe fan, but haven't heard of this one....I am a Poe fan, but haven't heard of this one. Thanks for mentioning it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-27012259650443451552009-09-26T00:01:46.468-07:002009-09-26T00:01:46.468-07:00Rob - Welcome! I'm off to spend some time at ...Rob - Welcome! I'm off to spend some time at your site ... it looks great!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-52711739757246451352009-09-26T00:01:12.817-07:002009-09-26T00:01:12.817-07:00Jennysbooks - Yeah, the method that Poe mentions m...Jennysbooks - Yeah, the method that Poe mentions most frequently in his stories to prove someone is alive is the "breathing on the mirror" technique.<br /><br />Literary Feline - It was Poe's narrator that had catalepsy but it was definitely a good choice of disease to bring about the most paranoia possible!<br /><br />Emily - Yeah, you wouldn't think that there are that many diseases that mimic death but I saw something mentioned about a spike in this during the cholera outbreak so I'm not sure what was up. I feel like I need to do some research on this subject because I'm really curious!Kristen M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02335598194501733541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-8788166317079380732009-09-25T20:59:55.992-07:002009-09-25T20:59:55.992-07:00I'm very sorry I didn't know about your Po...I'm very sorry I didn't know about your Poe Fridays sooner!Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-40210964961450890462009-09-25T16:53:38.921-07:002009-09-25T16:53:38.921-07:00It really makes you wonder WHY this became a suffi...It really makes you wonder WHY this became a sufficiently frequent occurrence that they needed to take measures against it. I mean, were burials really rushed, that nobody stopped to make sure the corpse was actually dead? Were there a shortage of physicians? Had medical bracelets and death certificates yet to enter the scene? Maybe it was that over-developed Victorian sense of delicacy, that people thought a full examination of a corpse to be indecent? It seems like there would be more efficient ways of preventing premature burial than installing a bell inside the coffin, you know?<br /><br />It's kind of fascinating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-76681390430715436332009-09-25T11:42:33.549-07:002009-09-25T11:42:33.549-07:00I'm not currently claustrophobic, but the thou...I'm not currently claustrophobic, but the thought of being buried alive could make me so! I don't blame Poe for being worried about it himself, especially if he had catalepsy.Literary Felinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079276242303738719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-754919688510890076.post-80712718321782001462009-09-25T06:04:33.705-07:002009-09-25T06:04:33.705-07:00Brrrr, the idea of being buried alive creeps me ou...Brrrr, the idea of being buried alive creeps me out so much. I do not blame the Victorians for worrying about it, given the state of medicine in those days. :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com