Selected PoemsPenguin, 1988 M01 1 - 432 pages
Longfellow was the most popular poet of his day. This selection includes generous samplings from his longer works—Evangeline, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Hiawatha—as well as his shorter lyrics and less familiar narrative poems. |
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... spirit . When Longfellow wrote a grief- stricken acquaintance that " there are natures whose native strength and elasticity enable them to endure the worst , and yet live , " he was stating from experience a viii INTRODUCTION.
... . " If he would describe the world , he should live in the world . " In the same spirit , Longfellow never felt any of the Transcendentalist squeamishness at the descent to the marketplace . After fin- xvii INTRODUCTION.
... spirit of the times . The latter two pieces probe beneath the landlord's naive patriotism to deplore violence as a means of social problem - solving , to expose the pathology of authoritari- anism and bigotry , and , finally , to ...
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Contents
V | xxxiii |
VI | 71 |
VII | 86 |
VIII | 142 |
IX | 161 |
X | 315 |
XI | 325 |
XII | 329 |
XX | 350 |
XXI | 351 |
XXII | 353 |
XXIII | 355 |
XXIV | 358 |
XXV | 361 |
XXVI | 364 |
XXVII | 366 |
XIII | 335 |
XIV | 339 |
XV | 341 |
XVI | 342 |
XVII | 343 |
XVIII | 345 |
XIX | 348 |
XXVIII | 367 |
XXIX | 369 |
XXX | 370 |
XXXI | 371 |
XXXII | 372 |
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