The Raven

nope, I think of the sounds of Christopher Walken or Dennis Hopper

I have heard it read by James Earl Jones (he did it for The Simpsons) and am pretty sure I have also head it read by Christopher Walken.

Both were pedestrian readings.

I think of Crispin Glover's voice.

I think of his voice for that poem, but also for The Cask of Amontillado.

as the official Poe afficionado, what is Cravens favorite reading of this poem?
Ive heard it by a bunch of ministerial students at our U and they were all guilty of overacting. The Raven is similar to V Lindsays "The Congo" ,each of these poems can be over dramatized. A quiet reading of Raven, sounding like its being read by a totured soul would be good

My favorite is my own of course. ;-) Or that of my brother.

Did people know tha Lou Reed has an album, based on Poe's work, called, I believe, "The Raven"? I didn't, until Saturday.

i am gonna have a listen.

There's also the Alan Parson's Project's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" which includes an interesting rendition of "The Raven."

http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/Tales.html

Do you sound anything like Crispin Glover, Craven?

I don't know what Crispin sounds like.

Have you seen the movie Back to the Future? He plays George McFly, Michael J. Fox's character's dad.

He also starred in this years remake of Willard, playing the title character, Willard.

I think Charlton Heston would be fun, in full-on "Planet of the Apes" style. Or, Kirk Douglas, but only because I have a very sick sense of humour.

So, when do we get to hear a recording of Craven's reading?

Wonder if Edgar A. ever read his own stuff. I've heard Frost and Sandburg and they were terrible.

So was Yeats.

lil'k,

Want it in the Donald Duck voice?

Ha!
No.

Fine, if I remember I'll do it this weekend (I'm kinda busy, I have to do some work for a friend).

Craven, I was kidding.... but if you could do it, that'd be great!

Who was the creepy actor who was in the movie based on The Raven?

oh, man ... I have to get that Lou Reed album ... yippy! I found it on amazon.

All hail the dark bards!

Forgive my stupidity but I wonder why this is the most infamous poem in american history. I don't see what's so special about it. But, I admit, I'm not very educated when it comes to any piece of literary art, especially poetry.

So, could somebody please explain to me what other layers can be found in this poem. It would be rather weak of the poem (or superficial on my behalf to behold it as such) to only be about self-torture.

A brief summary? An explanation on why it's so great? Meanings which I don't get? Anything?

I've even read that Poe simply chose the goddess of wisdom because of the way her name sounded. Supporting my prejudice that a lot more connections have been made than the author originally thought of. Like said about Shakespeare: It's not so much what he wrote, it's what been said about what he wrote. I don't remember who said that first, but I'm inclined to agree.

Of course, when observing the fanclubs, I must be wrong. But so far, nobody has explained me why.