Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Nevermore?

1848 Daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe at 39, a...
1848 Daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe at 39, a year before his death (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Today is the anniversary of the publication of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." (1845)

The Poem:  http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html

A Decoder:  http://www.poedecoder.com/essays/raven/

The timing could not be more appropriate.  First, there's the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl.  Then there's the new TV show, "The Following," which aired episode two last night.

http://sharetv.org/shows/the_following

Creepier than Poe himself, if that's possible... and built around a serial killer who loves Edgar Allan.






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