Outsourcing “The Raven”: Retroactive Origins by Eliza Richards points out that “The Raven” is by far the most successful piece of lyric poem ever written. The poem has been translated, commented, quoted and read in multiple languages all over the world. The tremendously widespread of the poem was even in the TV show “The Simpsons”. In addition to the controversies caused by the allegations of plagiarism that surround the creation of the poem. The author also claims that “The Raven” has many interpretations and responses from people. “In the place of the lost origins of “The Raven” emerge the myths, stories, rumors, and theories that ensure the poem’s survival and transmission” (206). The author proclaims that the reason the poem was so successful
