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1、APsalmofLifeByHenryWadsworthLongfellowHenryWadsworthLongfellow(1807-1882)I.HisLifeLongfellowwasbornonFebruary27,1807,toStephenLongfellowandZilpah(Wadsworth)LongfellowinPortland,Maine,andhegrewupinwhatisnowknownastheWadsworth-LongfellowHouse.Henrywasenrolled
2、inadameschool(anearlyformofaprivateelementaryschoolinEnglish-speakingcountries.)attheageofthreeandbyagesixwasenrolledattheprivatePortlandAcademy.Inthefallof1822,the15-year-oldLongfellowenrolledatBowdoinCollegeinBrunswick,Maine,alongsidehisbrotherStephen.4.A
3、ftergraduatingin1825,hewasofferedajobasprofessorofmodernlanguagesathisalmamater.ThenhewenttoEuropetostudylanguage,againstthewishofhisfatherwhothoughthissonshouldbecomealawyer.For4years,hestudiedlanguagesinFrance,Spain,Italy,GermanyandEngland.InMadrid,hespen
4、ttimewithWashingtonIrvingandwasparticularlyimpressedbytheauthor'sworkethic.IrvingencouragedtheyoungLongfellowtopursuewriting.HeservedasaprofessorofmodernlanguagesatBowdoinCollegefrom1829---1835.HetaughtmodernlanguagesatHarvardfrom1836to1854.9.Hisfirstmarria
5、geendedin1835,whenhiswifedied.In1843,hemarriedthedaughterofawealthyindustrialistwhogavehimwealth,anddomestichappiness.10.HespenthislastdaysinCambridge.11.HeistheonlyAmericanmanofletterstobehonoredwithabustinthePoet’sConnerinWestminster.MaryStorerPotterbecam
6、eLongfellow'sfirstwifein1831anddiedfouryearslater.Afteraseven-yearcourtship,LongfellowmarriedFrancesAppletonin1843.II.ContributionandLimitationContributionHeisthemostimportantoneofthe“NewEnglandPoets(otherpoets:WilliamCullenBryant,JamesRussellLowell,OliverW
7、endellHolmesandJohnGreenleafWhittier).BasedonhisknowledgeofEuropeanliterarytradition,hebecameamasterofsonnetsandreflectivelyric.HedidagreatservicetoAmericanliteratureindomesticatingcertainformsfromEuropeanliteratue.Hissearchfornewformsandhiseffortsinconveyi
8、ngdidacticisminpopularpoemsbroughthimapopularitywiththecommonreadersinAmericathathasneverbeenapproachedbyanyotherpoet.Hewasalsoimportantasatranslator;histranslationofDantebecamearequiredpossessionforth
