Biography EssayDuring his lifetime and for some years after his death, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was by far the most popular and widely read American poet in the world. Although his reputation today ...
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The insistent moral tone, sentimentality, and serene idealism of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) made him an extremely popular author at home and abroad in the 19th century.He...
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During his lifetime and for some years after his death, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was by far the most popular and widely read American poet in the world. Although his reputation today is greatly di...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's primary place in literary history is as a poet whose ballads, pensive lyrics, verse-narratives, and moral exhortations achieved a degree of popularity and respect in his o...
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By far the most widely known and best-loved American poet of his time, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow achieved a level of national and international prominence possibly unequaled in the literary history o...
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In the following essay, originally published as a review of Sir Philip Sidney's “The Defence of Poetry” in North American Review, Vol. XXXIV, in 1832, Longfellow discusses the rol...
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In the following essay, Abele analyzes the major analogy of Longfellow's “Seaweed.”
Longfellow's “Seaweed,” a poem published in 1845,1 is interesting mainly b...
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In the following negative review of Newton Arvin's critical biography of Longfellow, Bewley asserts that “there is no important nineteenth century American poet who has written so little...
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In the following essay, Nemerov discusses Longfellow's reputation as an unfashionable poet and urges a reassessment of his verse.
Great reputation is perhaps the most curious as well as the mos...
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In the following essay, Williams examines the scope of Longfellow's work, focusing on his lesser-known ballads, sonnets, odes, and elegies.
The land of Song within thee lies, &#...
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In the following essay, Williams provides a thematic and stylistic analysis of Longfellow's major poetic works.
Come, read to me some poem
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In the following essay, Elliot compares the work of Longfellow to that of Walt Whitman, maintaining that the two poets are complementary and instrumental to the development of an American poetic.
Ther...
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In the following essay, Griffin explores Longfellow's artistic and philosophical intentions as evinced in “Tegnér's Drapa.”
For the uninitiated, Longfellow's ...
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In the following essay, Littlefield justifies the popularity of Longfellow's “A Psalm of Life” in light of critical derision and compares the poem to Benjamin Franklin's &#...
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One of the foremost American authors of the nineteenth century, Poe is widely regarded as the architect of the modern short story and the principal forerunner of aestheticism in America. In the follow...
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In the following essay, Justus places Longfellow in context with other Fireside Poets such as William Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
When Robe...
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In the following essay, Hovey assesses the importance and influence of Longfellow's “A Psalm of Life.”
Following publication in the Knickbocker Magazine of October 1838, “A...
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In the following essay, the anonymous reviewer praises the scope of Longfellow's work and contends that “it is yet too soon to measure the whole obligation of American letters to him, an...
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In the following essay, Fitch examines Longfellow's enduring popularity as a poet.
Longfellow cannot be classed among the world's greatest poets—with Shakespeare, Browning, Tennys...
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In the following essay, Saintsbury counters the critical backlash against Longfellow's verse.
When the news of Longfellow's death reached London, nearly a quarter of a century ago, the e...
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Throughout the early Romantic period certain fireside poets imparted many messages in their works of literature. Fireside poets such as William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used many...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
