1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,920 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey I'm Eves, and you're listening to This 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: Day in History Class, a podcast that proves history is 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: always happening. Today is January. The day was January Edgar 5 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: Allan Poe's narrative poem The Raven was first published. The 6 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: Raven is now one of the most memorable English language poems. 7 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: Pope was an American writer born in Boston. He's best 8 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: known for his short stories in poetry, but he also 9 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 1: wrote a novel, play and essays. His work is marked 10 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: by mystery, horror, the maccabre, and supernatural elements. He wrote 11 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: detective fiction that laid the foundation for modern works in 12 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: the genre. In the years leading up to eighteen forty five, 13 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: Pope published many works, including The Fall of the House 14 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Mask of 15 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: the Writ Death, and The Tell Tale Heart. He worked 16 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: for magazines like The Southern Literary Messenger, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, 17 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: and Graham's Magazine. His detective tales did earn him some money, 18 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 1: but Pope was still struggling professionally and personally. Though he 19 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: was being published and winning prizes for his work. A 20 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: lot of his writing was going unnoticed, and he was 21 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: not earning enough money to live comfortably. He also had 22 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: a troubled relationship with alcohol, though it's unclear whether he 23 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: was actually dealing with alcoholism, and his wife, Virginia, who 24 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 1: was also his younger cousin, was getting more ill with tuberculosis. 25 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: Affected by all of his misfortunes, he moved to New 26 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 1: York in eighteen forty four. He began writing a weekly 27 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: column for the Columbia Spy, and he became an editor 28 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: for the New York Evening Mirror. He even managed to 29 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: purchase a small house, and on January five, The Raven 30 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: was published in The Evening Mirror. Poe had spent four 31 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: years writing and revising the poem. This time his work 32 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 1: was recognized. The Raven is about a narrator who is 33 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: grieving over his lost love Lenore. On a stormy December night, 34 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: A raven that only says the word nevermore visits the narrator. 35 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: In the end, the raven remains sitting above his room store, 36 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: while the narrator lives in its shadow. The gloomy poem 37 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 1: is made up of eighteen six line stanzas. In November 38 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: of eighteen forty five, The Raven and Other Poems, a 39 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 1: collection of post poetry, was published. In his eighteen forty 40 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: six essay The Philosophy of Composition, Poe described the choices 41 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: he made in composing The Raven. He argued that brevity, 42 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,519 Speaker 1: methodical writing, and what he called the unity of effect 43 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: our key to get writing. He wrote about why he 44 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: chose to depict the bus of Palace in the poem, 45 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: how he chose the word never more purposefully, and how 46 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: he wrote it to quote suit at once the popular 47 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: and the critical taste. Though the poem garnered po fame, 48 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,519 Speaker 1: it was not a boon to him financially. He did 49 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: publish other works, including The Cask of Amatiado and an 50 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: essay called Eureka, and many of his stories were translated 51 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:30,400 Speaker 1: and earned critical acclaim in France. But Poe's wife, Virginia, 52 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: died in January of eighty seven, so he formed more 53 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: relationships platonic and romantic. He too fell ill. Poe died 54 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: in October of eighteen forty nine. The cause of his 55 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: death is unknown. The Raven inspired many later works and 56 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: has been referenced throughout different mediums in popular culture. 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