The Raven; with literary and historical commentary

by Edgar Allan Poe, John Henry Ingram, et al.

For other versions of this work, see The Raven (Poe).

THE RAVEN

BY

EDGAR ALLAN POE

WITH

Literary and historical Commentary

BY

JOHN H. INGRAM

LONDON

GEORGE REDWAY

York Street Covent Garden

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1885

DRYDEN PRESS:
J. DAVY AND SONS, 137, LONG ACRE, LONDON.

To

Stèphane Mallarmé,

Paris,

Eduard Engel,

Berlin,

and

Edmund Clarence Stedman,

New York,

Translator of and Commentators on

"The Raven,"

This Volume is Inscribed by

John H. Ingram.

PREFACE.

dgar Poe's Raven may safely be termed the most popular lyrical poem in the world. It has appeared in all shapes and styles, from the little penny Glasgow edition to the magnificent folios of Mallarmé in Paris and Stedman in New York. The journals of America and Europe are never weary of quoting it, either piece-meal or in extenso, and no collection of modern poetry would be deemed complete without it. It has been translated and commented upon by the leading literati of two continents, and an entire literature has been founded upon it. To make known that literature, and to present the cream of it in a comprehensive and available form, is the object of this little volume.

John H. Ingram.

April, 1885.

CONTENTS.

		PAGE
Genesis		1
The Raven, with Variorum Readings		17
History		24
Isadore		35
Translations:	French	40
"	German	58
"	Hungarian	74
"	Latin	79
Fabrications		84
Parodies		94
Bibliography		123
Index		124