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The Raven — The Polynesian, 1849-05-26
Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.
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A Honolulu reprinting of The Raven in The Olio column, with an introductory discussion of rhyme, rhythm and versification credited to the American Review editor. Received page 8 (issue image 4) is preserved in full. The poem and introduction are the reader excerpt; this is not the full newspaper issue.
- Date
- 1849-05-26
- Credits
- Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
- Publisher
- The Polynesian
- Where to find it
- 1 original newspaper page; Image PDF: 1 page(s); Text PDF: 3 page(s)
- Reference collection
- Library of Congress, Chronicling America
AI-assisted transcription visually checked by Codex against all 18 stanzas in this scan; no independent human proofread. Newspaper line wraps, spacing, type emphasis, quotation marks and punctuation regularized for reading. Edition wording retained; the scan remains authoritative for exact typography and faint punctuation. Complete headings and all printed stanzas included; column continuations rejoined. Includes the complete introductory notice credited to Ed. Am. Review. The obscured final letter in PO[E] is supplied editorially in brackets. Printed wording such as “modern sage of rhyme” and “censor” is retained; small ink spots obscure parts of a few otherwise identifiable words.
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AI-assisted transcription visually checked by Codex against all 18 stanzas in this scan; no independent human proofread. Newspaper line wraps, spacing, type emphasis, quotation marks and punctuation regularized for reading. Edition wording retained; the scan remains authoritative for exact typography and faint punctuation. Complete headings and all printed stanzas included; column continuations rejoined. Includes the complete introductory notice credited to Ed. Am. Review. The obscured final letter in PO[E] is supplied editorially in brackets. Printed wording such as “modern sage of rhyme” and “censor” is retained; small ink spots obscure parts of a few otherwise identifiable words.
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Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven.” The Polynesian, 1849-05-26, p. 8, col(s). 1. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.
Public domain newspaper published in 1849. Library of Congress Chronicling America rights statement reviewed.
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