The Raven in popular culture

This article is about the use of Edgar Allan Poe's poem in popular culture. For the use of the bird itself in culture, see Cultural depictions of ravens.

Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" has been frequently referenced and parodied in contemporary culture. Immediately popular after the poem's publication in 1845, it quickly became a cultural phenomenon. Some consider it the best poem ever written.[1] As such, modern references to the poem continue to appear in popular culture.

Print

"Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, ..."
"Guv'nor!"
Will Elder's absurd illustrations of "The Raven", from Mad Magazine #9, March 1954.

Film

Television

The Simpsons version of "The Raven" (3rd segment of the first Treehouse of Horror special): Homer cries out "Be that word our sign of parting."

Music

Other

"Deep into that darkness peering/Long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting..." A large theme of the game is the characters' slowly collapsing sanity. It sets up the games "sanity meter" mechanic where things in the game itself make less and less sense as your sanity depletes: walls start to bleed, screams are heard. Sometimes the game will make the player think the game itself has reset and will show you the quote again appearing to show that the player lost all his or her progress only for the screen to flash and put you right back where he or she was were as if nothing happened.

See also

References

  1. Silverman, Kenneth. Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance. Harper Perennial, 1991. p. 237
  2. "RE: Cremains / Ravens". Pro Exlibris archives. Archived from the original on September 2, 2000. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
  3. Original issue unknown, source: "Greasy Mad Stuff"; compilation of various pieces from Mad, published by Signet, 1962. pp 132-133.
  4. Perec, Georges. A Void. Translated by Gilbert Adair. London: The Harvill Press, 1995. p.108. ISBN 1-86046-098-4
  5. "Back in 'Black' (2007) Stephen King and Peter Straub return to the shadows with the delightfully creepy Black House.". EW.com. 2001-09-21. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
  6. Gaiman, Neil. American Gods. Headline Review, 2005. p. 173 ISBN 0-7553-2281-9
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  11. Computer songs and poems: The HACTRN
  12. Raven Society
  13. "Baltimore Ravens History". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2006-08-25.
  14. "TMQ's all-haiku NFL preview". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
  15. "A Quaint And Curious Volume".
  16. "xkcd 133".
  17. "2+2 Forums".
  18. "The R4V3N".
  19. "404 variants".
  20. Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Vol 97 #5, May 1977
  21. "Chamber Door".
  22. "For Evermore, XEI".

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