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Discover Why ‘The Raven,’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classic
Public domain via Wikimedia Commons When the New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” on January 29, 1845, it catapulted both the work and its author to instant fame.
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Bills vs Ravens: Sunday is Edgar Allen Poe’s birthday
They looked to the history of the city for inspiration and “Ravens” won a fan vote with the obvious tie to Poe’s famous menacing poem The Raven. In The Raven, the title character haunts a ...