This Day in History: Edgar Allan's Poe's poem "The Raven" was published on this day in 1845, and it quickly became one the most famous poems of all time. It inspired numerous parodies in the 19th century, and since then we have seen tributes to the poem in the Bugs Bunny cartoon, Tim Burton's Vincent, The Dead Zone, Short Circuit, 1989's Batman, The Crow, The Pagemaster, Dr Dolittle 2, The Simpsons, Night Gallery, The Addams Family, Gilmore Girls, Beetlejuice (cartoon), Duck Tales, Muppet Babies, Star Trek, Mama's Family, Teen Wolf, The 100...even The Expendables. It even made it to song. Queen recorded "Nevermore" on their second album Queen II, The Alan Parsons Project devoted an entire album to Poe, The Grateful Dead performed their own version of the Raven, and Lou Reed and Blues Travelers each paid respect to the poem as well. There is an annual science fiction convention called RavenCon and also a Raven Society. The Baltimore Raven's football team is named after the poem, as Poe lived and died in Baltimore.
Vincent Price's The Raven
Glenn Beck reads The Raven
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