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Poems and other writings, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Poems and other writings

bibliography

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The library of America, 118

No American writer of the 19th century was more universally enjoyed and admired than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His works were extraordinary bestsellers for their era, achieving fame both here and abroad. Now, for the first time in over 25 years, Poems and Other Writings offers a full-scale literary portrait of America's greatest popular poet. Here are the poems that created an American mythology: Evangeline in the Forest Primeval, Hiawatha by the Shores of Gitchee Gumee, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree, The Strange Courtship of Miles Standish, The maiden Priscilla and the hesitant John Alden; and verses, like: A Psalm of Life and The Children's Hour, whose phrases and characters have become part of the culture. Erudite and fluent in many languages, Longfellow was endlessly fascinated with the byways of history and the curiosities of legend. His many poems on literary themes, such as his moving homages to Dante and Chaucer, his verse translations from Lope de Vega, Heinrich Heine, and Michelangelo, and his ambitious verse dramas, notably The New England Tragedies (also complete), are remarkable in their range and ambition. As a special feature, this volume restores to print Longfellow's novel Kavanagh, a study of small-town life and literary ambition that was praised by Emerson as an important contribution to the development of American fiction. A selection of essays rounds out of the volume and provides testimony to Longfellow's concern with creating an American national literature

From The voices of the night -- from Ballads and other poems -- from Poems on slavery -- from The belfry of Bruges and other poems -- Evangeline : a tale of Acadie -- from The seaside and the fireside -- The song of Hiawatha -- from The courtship of Miles Standish and other poems -- Poems 1859-1863 -- from Tales of a wayside inn -- from Flower-de-Luce -- from Christus : a mystery -- from Aftermath -- from The masque of Pandora and other poems -- from Kéramos and other poems -- from Ultima Thule -- from In the harbor -- Other poems. Mezzo cammin ; The cross of snow ; from Michael Angelo : a fragment -- Translations -- Selected prose. Kavanagh : a tale ; The literary spirit of our country ; Table-talk ; Address on the death of Washington Irving