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The Heroines of Henry Longfellow

Domestic, Defiant, Divine

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The Heroines of Henry Longfellow

Domestic, Defiant, Divine

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poems are filled with powerful heroines, from Evangeline, the exiled wanderer, to Vittoria Colonna, the aging genius of the Italian renaissance. In The Heroines of Henry Longfellow: Domestic, Defiant, Divine, Timothy E. G. Bartel provides a survey of Longfellow’s major heroines, placing them in the context of Longfellow’s body of work and the poet’s interests in theology, politics, and history. Though Longfellow’s heroines have sometimes been dismissed as mere domestic caricatures, Bartel argues that Longfellow’s heroines are nothing of the sort. Instead, they provide us with unique pictures of how one’s individual talents and desires can be harmonized with the Christian ideals of communal justice, ethical living, and ultimate union with the Divine.

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Introduction: Lives Infused with Light
Chapter One: The Early Heroines: Preciosa, The Teacher, The Quadroon Girl
Chapter Two: Evangeline: The First Masterpiece
Chapter Three: The Middle Heroines: Elsie, Nokomis, Minnehaha, Priscilla
Chapter Four: Interlude: The Perspicacity of Beatrice
Chapter Five: The Later Heroines: Edith, The Mother, Elizabeth
Chapter Six: The Last Heroine: Vittoria Colonna
Chapter Seven: Domestic, Defiant, or Divine?
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Published 16 Aug 2022
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 148
ISBN 9781666913071
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Timothy E.G. Bartel

Timothy E. G. Bartel is professor of great texts a…

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