Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life

Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life

by Charles C. Calhoun
Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life

Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life

by Charles C. Calhoun

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Overview

In the first biography of Longfellow in almost fifty years, Charles C. Calhoun seeks to solve a mystery: Why has one of America's most famous writers fallen into oblivion? His answer to this question takes us through a life story that reads like a Victorian family saga and reveals the man who introduced Americans to the literatures of other countries while creating a gallery of American icons - among them Paul Revere, John and Priscilla Alden, Miles Standish, the Village Blacksmith, Hiawatha, and Evangeline.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780807070390
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 06/15/2005
Pages: 332
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Born in Louisiana, Charles C. Calhoun studied history at the University of Virginia and law at Christ Church, Oxford. He divides his time between Boston and Portland, Maine, where he is on the staff of the Maine Humanities Council.

Table of Contents

Introductionix
The Craigie House, January 30, 1882
Chapter 1The City by the Sea5
Chapter 2A Small College in Maine26
Chapter 3The Passionate Pilgrim39
Chapter 4Bungonuck Days67
Chapter 5The Journey North95
An Alpine Interlude
Chapter 6Castle Craigie124
Chapter 7The Water Cure150
A Wedding in Beacon Street
Chapter 8A Seaside Idyll167
Chapter 9Evangeline179
Chapter 10"Sail On, O Union"194
Chapter 11Hiawatha202
A Lock of Hair
Chapter 12Charley Goes to War221
Chapter 13Morituri Salutamus240
Chapter 14Aftermath250
Notes263
Selected Bibliography281
Acknowledgments302
Index306
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