 Kurt M. Koenigsberger said in his book "Leaving Springfield" that "The Simpsons", while "not strictly a literary form... is certainly the literate of all situation comedies".Koenigsberger uses "The Raven" as one example in support of the statement ""The Simpsons" is steeped in the American literary context into which Arnold Bennett made such a splash on his tour in 1911.