The Raven with Literary and Historical Commentary (Heathen Edition)
John Henry Ingram (1842-1916) was an English biographer and editor who took an especial interest in Edgar Allan Poe, dedicating himself to the resurrection of Poe's reputation by publishing a multi-volume collection of his works and the first reliable biography of Poe in the late 19th century. With this book, Ingram singles out Poe's greatest poem The Raven and provides commentary and insight concerning its genesis and history, then expands on its literary impact by showcasing translations (French, German, Hungarian, and Latin), fabrications, and parodies of the poem. Also included is Poe's 1846 essay The Philosophy of Composition, in which Poe himself details the process he employed to craft The Raven.
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"If Edgar Poe's Raven be not 'the most popular lyrical poem in the world, ' it is one of the most remarkable poems of the age, and well deserves all the honors of a classic. Mr. John H. Ingram devotes an entire volume to commentary on the Raven, in which he includes a history and critical examination of the poem, translations into French, German, Hungarian, and Latin, and numerous parodies of very varying merit." -The Westminster Review
"This is an interesting monograph on Poe's famous poem. First comes the genesis of the poem, with a criticism, in which Mr. Ingram declines to accept the history as entirely genuine. Much curious information is collected in this essay. Then follows the poem itself . . . But perhaps the most interesting chapter in the book is that on the 'Fabrications.'"-The Spectator
"Probably no man living has taken so much pains as Mr. Ingram to collect all possible memorials of Poe, and he deserves hearty thanks for this zeal." -The Nation
"Everyone reads the poem and praises it . . . justly, we think, for it seems to us full of originality and power." -The New World
"The Poe cult is increasing, and scholars continue their study of his erratic life and his surpassing art." -Cosmopolitan
"Mr. John H. Ingram is well-known to be a specialist on the subject of Edgar Allan Poe . . . Poe's personal reputation owes much to Mr. Ingram, who has succeeded in removing some of the blackest blots thrown upon it by Griswold and others." -The Critic
"Poe was a great master of artifices and of a cunning style . . . His parades of minute detail gave an intense reality to the scenes into which he introduced his bizarre and spectral figures . . . The ingenuity of Poe's stories has its counterpart in the notable metrical skill of his verse. The Raven (a masterpiece in verbal technique) and 'Annabel Lee' live in the memory and never spoil." -The Spectator
