THE RAVEN January 29, 2021 – Posted in: Books

On this day in 1845 Edgar Allan Poe's magnum opus - The Raven - was published for the first time. A lyrical and metaphysical poem at the same time, that seduces with the slide into madness. Perhaps indicative of the author's state - physical and spiritual - it remains a point of reference to this day. Poe's life has justly earned him the characterization of a cursed poet: A cruel sequence of illness, death, addiction and misfortune, so unrelenting that… Continue reading