Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”: wit and poetry

  • José Silés Artés
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_DIDA.2011.v23.36323
Keywords: Nevermore, death, terror, nightmare, sinister, threshold, unfortunate, ghostly, merciless, outcome.

Abstract

This article paraphrases each of the 18 stanzas of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, in order to display its narrative process. At the same time, mention is made of the different specific ways used by the poet to create an atmosphere of mystery and terror, with the world beyond the grave acting as.a background.

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Silés Artés J. (2011). Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”: wit and poetry. Didáctica. Lengua y Literatura, 23, 369-397. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_DIDA.2011.v23.36323
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Vol. 23 (2011)
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