A late nineteenth-century Belgian parody of The Raven

This contribution calls attention to what was probably the first Belgian authored adaptation/translation of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem. Published inL'Escholier, a students' journal, in 1894,La Busewas the work of the aspiring poet Francis Bohan (pseud. of Thomas Braun, 1876-1961). He turned Poe's poem into a spoof reflecting his own preoccupations as a first-year student and as the representative of a distinguished family.