1:26 Concerning "The Raven," I have uncovered compelling and extensive evidence showing that Poe was not the real author. In fact, I have concluded that his claim to authorship was merely a brazen public scam. The real author, having submitted it to "American Review" under the pseudonym "(blank) Quarles," was Mathew Franklin Whittier, the younger brother of Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Mathew, according to my research, would have written the poem from real-life circumstances in December of 1841, nine months after his wife, Abby's, death.
1:26 Concerning "The Raven," I have uncovered compelling and extensive evidence showing that Poe was not the real author. In fact, I have concluded that his claim to authorship was merely a brazen public scam. The real author, having submitted it to "American Review" under the pseudonym "(blank) Quarles," was Mathew Franklin Whittier, the younger brother of Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Mathew, according to my research, would have written the poem from real-life circumstances in December of 1841, nine months after his wife, Abby's, death.