1845-05-08

The Raven — Indiana State Sentinel, 1845-05-08

Newspaper printing of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven, preserving this edition’s text.

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A front-page printing of The Raven preceded by a notice explaining its selection from the American Review and quoting praise attributed to Mr. Willis. Complete introduction and all 18 stanzas appear in column 3.

Date
1845-05-08
Credits
Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
Publisher
Indiana State Sentinel
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 quoting Mr. Willis. Printed wording “imaginative lift” and “early napping” is retained.

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Complete poem columns cropped in reading order; JPEG quality 95 at original pixel dimensions, no contrast adjustment.

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Original scan — full newspaper page

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Text PDF

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 quoting Mr. Willis. Printed wording “imaginative lift” and “early napping” is retained.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Raven.” Indiana State Sentinel, 1845-05-08, p. 1, col(s). 3. Library of Congress, Chronicling America.

Public domain newspaper published in 1845. Library of Congress Chronicling America rights statement reviewed.

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