This is the only content you have read so far that I have read before. In fact, going to school here in the US I have read this many times in middle and high school and community college (in fact I have parts of it memorized thanks to homework). That said, this reading was still incredible, from 08:00 on I literally had goosebumps! Definitely one of the best tellings up there with the Simpsons adaptation!
Edgar Allan Poe wasn't the real author of "The Raven." He merely claimed it from someone he knew couldn't defend himself, as a scam. The poem's premiere was submitted anonymously to "American Review" under the pseudonym "---- Quarles" by the true author, Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Poe, a critic for the New York "Evening Mirror," finding the poem in an advance copy of "American Review," scooped Mathew in his own paper by two days. Mathew had shared a copy of "The Raven" with Poe in early 1842, so Poe had a handwritten copy in his possession. This enabled him to convince his editor that he had permission to scoop "American Review"--but he mysteriously left the "Mirror" shortly afterwards (suggesting that he may have been fired for lying about it). It is the height of absurdity that the editor of a newly-launched monthly literary magazine like the "Review," would have given a daily newspaper this permission. The real author was not in a position to reveal his identity because of his anti-slavery work and connection with the Underground Railroad, and hence could not publicly defend himself. See my paper, "Evidence that Edgar Allan Poe Stole 'The Raven' from Mathew Franklin Whittier," which can be downloaded from the following link, or found by searching for the paper's title on Academia.edu. www.ial.goldthread.com/MFW_The_Raven.pdf
Magic!
I just had to listen to your rendition and you did not disappoint. Thank you!
Most excellent Robin u got it to a T .u did old Edger proud 💜🙏
This is the only content you have read so far that I have read before. In fact, going to school here in the US I have read this many times in middle and high school and community college (in fact I have parts of it memorized thanks to homework). That said, this reading was still incredible, from 08:00 on I literally had goosebumps! Definitely one of the best tellings up there with the Simpsons adaptation!
Thanks so much!
I've always loved it (thanks to the Roger Corman film and the Simpsons) and wish we studied it at school in the UK.
Like if you are listening to this on Poe’s birthday.
I can't believe that Edgar Allan Poe had the cheek to try to rip this story off from The Simpsons.
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Edgar Allan Poe wasn't the real author of "The Raven." He merely claimed it from someone he knew couldn't defend himself, as a scam. The poem's premiere was submitted anonymously to "American Review" under the pseudonym "---- Quarles" by the true author, Mathew Franklin Whittier, younger brother of poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Poe, a critic for the New York "Evening Mirror," finding the poem in an advance copy of "American Review," scooped Mathew in his own paper by two days. Mathew had shared a copy of "The Raven" with Poe in early 1842, so Poe had a handwritten copy in his possession. This enabled him to convince his editor that he had permission to scoop "American Review"--but he mysteriously left the "Mirror" shortly afterwards (suggesting that he may have been fired for lying about it). It is the height of absurdity that the editor of a newly-launched monthly literary magazine like the "Review," would have given a daily newspaper this permission. The real author was not in a position to reveal his identity because of his anti-slavery work and connection with the Underground Railroad, and hence could not publicly defend himself. See my paper, "Evidence that Edgar Allan Poe Stole 'The Raven' from Mathew Franklin Whittier," which can be downloaded from the following link, or found by searching for the paper's title on Academia.edu.
www.ial.goldthread.com/MFW_The_Raven.pdf