Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : Williams, Cecil B. (Cecil Brown), 1901- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

221 pages 21 cm

A re-examination of Longfellow's life, his poetry and prose, and his place in literary history

"Notes and references": 201-207. Bibliography: p. 211-214

Image and actuality -- Boyhood and background, 1807-25 -- Poet submerged in professor : Bowdoin College, 1826-34 -- Professor and poet : Harvard, 1835-54 -- Poet and patron of letters, 1855-82 -- Longfellow as a prose writer -- Household lyrics, ballads, odes, elegies, sonnets -- Verse narrative, Indian saga, idyl, framework tales, drama, translations -- Longfellow in literary history and in literature