It is a telling commentary on how authors control what they write, but not what is read. Poe regarded his tales of ratiocination as something of a distraction; his great loves were poetry and his "prose poem," Eureka. "The Raven" was indeed Poe's most famous work during his lifetime, and time has not lessened its charms-but as art it is distinctly backward-looking.
( Paul Collins )
[ Edgar Allan Poe: The Fever ]
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