Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works

Edgar Allan Poe's greatest literary success during his lifetime was the January 1845 publication of The Raven. Noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere, the poem tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The Raven is one of many haunting verse-narratives collected in Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works.