Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American poet, educator, linguist
Born: February 27, 1807, Portland, Maine
Died: March 24, 1882, Cambridge, Massachusetts
In London his marble image is seen in Westminster Abbey, in the Poet's Corner
Father: Stephen Longfellow was a Portland lawyer and congressman
Mother: Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow was the daughter of General Peleg Wadsworth.
Longfellow's First Wife: Mary Storer Potter
Married: September 14, 1831 at age 24
(Mary Storer Potter, born on May 12, 1812 in Cambridge. She was the daughter of Judge Potter of Portland,Maine. She died at age 22 in 1835 in Rotterdam)
Longfellow's Second Wife: Frances Appleton
Married: July 13, 1843
(Frances Appleton - nicknamed Fanny - daughter of Nathan Appleton,
a prominent Boston merchant. Nathan Appleton owned Craigie House and gave it to Longfellow as a wedding gift).
Their home became a meeting place for students, literary and philosophical figures such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julia Ward Howe, and Charles Sumner.
Children :
Charles Appleton (June 9, 1844 - April 13, 1893)
Ernest Wadsworth (November 23,1845 - November 21, 1921)
Fanny (April 7,1847 - September 11, 1848)
Alice Mary (September 22,1850 - 7 December 1928)
Edith (October 22, 1853 - July 21, 1915)
Anne Allegra (November 8,1855 - Februar 1934)
The poet's 70th birthday in 1877 was celebrated around the country.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Part I
From the beginning, it was evident that this boy was to be drawn to writing and the sound of words. Longfellow's father was eager to have his son become a lawyer.
At 19, when Henry was a senior at Bowdoin College, the college established a chair of modern languages. Although, recently graduate he was asked to become the first professor, and it was understood that he should be given a period of time in which to travel and study in Europe.
In May of 1826, set out for Europe to become a scholar and a linguist.
He travelled in Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and England, and returned to America in 1829.
In 1829, at 22, he was launched into his career as a college professor.
In 1831 he married Mart Storer Potter, and made with her another journey to Europe. He studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and the Dutch language and literature. On this trip he fell under the influence of German Romanticism.
In 1834, he was appointed to a professorship at Harvard (and set out again for Europe by way of preparation). His wife died in Rotterdam in 1835 and he came back alone to Cambridge and the new professorship.
He took a room at historic Craigie House, which were in the possession of Nathan Appleton whose daughter, Frances Appleton, he married seven years after he came to Cambridge.
1847:'Evangeline' was published and was widely acclaimed.
1854:He resigned from Harvard. He then dedicated his life to writing.
Books by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings (Library of America)
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Part II
The publication of 'Hiawatha' caused a huge excitement. For the first time in American literature, Indian themes gained recognition as sources of imagination, power, and originality.
1858: 'The Courtship of Miles Standish' was published (Twenty-five thousand copies were sold during the first week of its publication, and 10,000 were ordered in London on the first day of publication).
In 1831 he married Mart Storer Potter, and
made with her another journey to Europe, where he studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and the Dutch
language and literature. On this trip he fell under the influence of German Romanticism
1861: The second wife of Longfellow died. She died of burns she received when packages of her children's curls, which she was sealing with matches and wax, burst into flame.
He received two honorary degrees from the univer- sities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Queen Victoria invited him to Windsor and he was called by request upon the Prince of Wales.
He was chosen a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and of the Spanish Academy.
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Heres a virtual movie of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1802 - 1882)reading his legendary poem "Paul Revere's Ride". "Listen, my children, and you shall hear/Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere ..." So begins one of the most stirring poems in American literature. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote "Paul Revere's Ride" in 1861, nearly 100 years after the actual midnight ride that began on April 18, in 1775. The poem creates a suspenseful story as American colonist Paul Revere decides with his ...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Quotes / Some of his work
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
Love gives itself; it is not bought.
Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him.
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
* OUTRE-MER, 1833-34
* HYPERION, 1839
* VOICES OF THE NIGHT, 1839
* THE SPANISH STUDEND, 1840
* BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS, 1841
* POEMS ON SLAVERY, 1842
* THE BELFRY OF BRUGES, 1846
* EVANGELINE,1847
* KAVANAGH, 1849
* THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE, 1850
* THE GOLDEN LEGEND, 1851
* THE SONG OF HIAWATHA, 1855
* THE COURTSHIP OF MILES TANDISH AND OTHER POEMS, 1858
* TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN, 1863
* POETS AND POETRY OF EUROPE, 1870
* CHRISTUS: A MYSTERY, 1872
* KÉRAMOS AND OTHER POEMS, 1878
* ULTIMA THULE, 1880
* WORKS, 1886
* WORKS, 1886-1891
* SELECTED LETTERS, 1956
* LETTERS, 1966-1983
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