![]() It's a lyrical narrative poem about a student who goes crazy questioning a bird about his lost love Lenore and only ever getting one answer: “Nevermore.” And the thing took off like wildfire (we guess people like their birds taciturn). Then, wham-bam, in 1845, he published “The Raven” in two newspapers at once. So as a starving artist, Poe earned just enough to survive on, writing some poems, spooky stories, and some super sharp and stabby criticism of other people’s work. Back then, it wasn't easy making the big bucks off the written word, because without copyright laws, publishers could just pirate some stuff from England for free rather than actually pay money to some American author to, you know, author. back in the days before intellectual property was protected by law. ![]() ![]() Because, really, that’s exactly what it was back in the day of its publication.Įdgar Allan Poe was already a working writer, trying to make a living by the pen in the U.S. You know what’s a good way to think about “The Raven”? As a one-hit wonder-or rather, the biggest one-hit wonderiest wonder that ever wondered. ![]()
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