History Literature / TheRaven

** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' first "TreehouseOfHorror" [[HalloweenEpisode special]] featured a DramaticReading of sorts. Creator/JamesEarlJones narrated while Homer played the protagonist and Bart was the Raven.
*** Ironically, ''The Simpsons'' [[http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=251203 parody of the poem]] is actually one of the more faithful adaptations.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' first "TreehouseOfHorror" [[HalloweenEpisode special]] featured a DramaticReading of sorts. Creator/JamesEarlJones narrated while Homer played the protagonist. Bart was the Raven.
*** Ironically, ''The Simpsons'' parody of the poem is actually one of the more faithful adaptations.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MyxsPHWSxlY#! Here]] you can listen to it in the voice of Creator/ChristopherLee.

NightGallery even showcased a story based on it[[spoiler:... [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX_Yw9cmiRk more or less]]]].

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"The Raven" is a narrative poem of the {{Gothic horror}} genre published in 1845. Oft parodied and referenced, it is the most famous work by author Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, and to this day is one of the most well-known pieces of Enligsh poetry ever written.

-->-- '''Quoth the Raven'''
"The Raven" is a narrative poem of the horror genre published in 1845. Oft parodied and referenced, it is the most famous work by author EdgarAllanPoe, and to this day is one of the most well-known pieces of poetry ever written.

It tells the tale of an unidentified narrator who is mourning the loss of his love, Lenore, when he is interrupted by the tapping of a raven whose constant repetition of the word "Nevermore" increasingly aggravates him to the point of madness.

[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MyxsPHWSxlY#! Here]] you can listen to it, in the [[AudioErotica incomparable voice]] of ChristopherLee.

RogerCorman's 1963 film version is a ''very'' loose adaptation, mostly PlayedForLaughs, starring Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/PeterLorre and Creator/BorisKarloff, with an early appearance from Creator/JackNicholson.

It's worth noting. TheAlanParsonsProject based a song on the poem.

!!This poem provides examples of:

** ''TheSimpsons'' first "TreehouseOfHorror" [[HalloweenEpisode special]] featured a DramaticReading of sorts. Creator/JamesEarlJones narrated while Homer played the protagonist. Bart was the Raven.
* ArcWords: Quoth the Raven: "Nevermore."

* AnimatedAdaptation: FleischerStudios made an InNameOnly adaptation of the story in [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1942]].

* RavensAndCrows

TheAlanParsonsProject based a song on the poem. [[{{Understatement}} It's a bit shorter than the original]].

RogerCorman's 1963 film version is a ''very'' loose adaptation, mostly PlayedForLaughs, starring Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/PeterLorre and Creator/BorisKarloff, with an early appearance from JackNicholson.

RogerCorman's 1963 film version is a ''very'' loose adaptation, mostly PlayedForLaughs, starring VincentPrice, PeterLorre and BorisKarloff, with an early appearance from JackNicholson.

[[TropeNamer Team Namer]] for the Baltimore Ravens football (American) team. Contributes to the existential horror suffered by those they defeat.

** ''TheSimpsons'' first "TreehouseOfHorror" [[HalloweenEpisode special]] featured a DramaticReading of sorts. JamesEarlJones narrated while Homer played the protagonist. Bart was the Raven.

TheAlanParsonsProject based a song on the poem. [{{Understatement}} It's a bit shorter than the original]].

** ''TheSimpsons'' first "TreehouseOfHorror" [[HalloweenEpisode special]] featured a DramaticReading of sorts. JamesEarlJones narrated while Homer played him on screen. Bart was the Raven.

** TheSimpsons' first TreehouseOfHorror [[HalloweenEpisode special]] featured a DramaticReading of sorts. JamesEarlJones narrated while Homer played him on screen. Bart was the Raven.