The time has come to take another look at Longfellow. Christoph Irmscher's new book overturns the modern prejudice against Longfellow as the mere purveyor of literary comfort food. Examining his unpublished papers alongside letters written by Longfellow's fans both at home and abroad, Irmscher offers a fresh view of the poet's connection with his audience. In chapters about his idea of authorship, his travels, and his translations, Irmscher demonstrates that Longfellow saw literature as a transnational conversation breaking down social and linguistic barriers. For Longfellow, the poet was less Emerson's "liberating god" than the distributor of cultural goods democratically shared by authors and readers alike. "Longfellow Redux" is the first book-length study of Longfellow's poetry since 1966 and contains many illustrations, including unpublished pencil sketches by Longfellow himself.
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"Authoritative but never pedantic.... Irmscher's enthusiasm for his subject is infectious.... Readers are likely to be both charmed and edified.... Longfellow has much to teach us about how poetry can matter to people outside of the academy." -- New England Quarterly, March 2007
"Longfellow emerges from this work of astonishing scholarship as a remarkably postmodern, postcolonial writer.... Imscher's style is lively, and his wit evident; the book is a pleasure to read.... Essential." -- Choice, March 2007
"Longfellow lives again ... Irmscher's friendly and readable book ... seeks to introduce a cosmopolitan and democratically multicultural Longfellow for our time.... No one has gone more deeply ... into Longfellow's work as a translator." -- The Times Literary Supplement, 5 January 2007
"Longfellow emerges from this work of astonishing scholarship as a remarkably postmodern, postcolonial writer.... Imscher's style is lively, and his wit evident; the book is a pleasure to read.... Essential." -- Choice, March 2007
"Longfellow lives again ... Irmscher's friendly and readable book ... seeks to introduce a cosmopolitan and democratically multicultural Longfellow for our time.... No one has gone more deeply ... into Longfellow's work as a translator." -- The Times Literary Supplement, 5 January 2007
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The time has come to take another look at Longfellow, America's most popular poet. Christoph Irmscher overturns the modern prejudice against Longfellow as the mere purveyor of literary comfort food. Examining his unpublished papers alongside letters written by his fans at home and abroad, Irmscher offers a fresh view of the poet's connection with his audience. Irmscher demonstrates that Longfellow saw literature as a transnational conversation breaking down social and linguistic barriers. For Longfellow, the poet was less Emerson's "liberating god" than a distributor of cultural goods democratically shared by authors and readers alike. Longfellow Redux is the first book-length study of Longfellow's poetry since 1966 and contains numerous illustrations, including previously unpublished pencil sketches by Longfellow himself.
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On August 22, 1879, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was standing at the front door of Craigie House, his residence on Brattle Street in Cambridge, enjoying the morning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Houghton Library, Harvard University, Peter Piper, New York, Voices of the Night, New England, United States, Divine Comedy, Peter Quince, The Children's Hour, Toni Toscan, Craigie House, Sir Christopher, Charles Sumner, Wayside Inn, Lord Byron, Mark Twain, Childe Harold, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Little Merrythought, Miss Crannell, Newton Arvin, North American Review, Fanny Fern, George Washington Greene New!
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On August 22, 1879, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was standing at the front door of Craigie House, his residence on Brattle Street in Cambridge, enjoying the morning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dun voyageur, literary originality Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Houghton Library, Harvard University, Peter Piper, New York, Voices of the Night, New England, United States, Divine Comedy, Peter Quince, The Children's Hour, Toni Toscan, Craigie House, Sir Christopher, Charles Sumner, Wayside Inn, Lord Byron, Mark Twain, Childe Harold, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Little Merrythought, Miss Crannell, Newton Arvin, North American Review, Fanny Fern, George Washington Greene New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri on 12 pages
- The Song of Hiawatha (Everyman's Library (Paper)) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on 9 pages
- Leaves of Grass (Bantam Classics) by Walt Whitman on 8 pages
- The Innocents Abroad (Dover Value Editions) by Mark Twain on 7 pages
- Tales of a Wayside Inn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on 6 pages
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- Longfellow: A Rediscovered Life by Charles C. Calhoun in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Creating Portland: History and Place in Northern New England (Revisiting New England) by Joseph Conforti on page 88
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