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1、APsalmofLifeByHenryWadsworthLongfellowHenryWadsworthLongfellow(1807-1882)I.HisLifeLongfellowwasbornonFebruary27,1807,toStephenLongfellowandZilpah(Wadsworth)LongfellowinPortland,Maine,andhegrewupinwhatisnowknownastheWadsworth-LongfellowHouse.Henrywasenrolledinadameschool(anea
2、rlyformofaprivateelementaryschoolinEnglish-speakingcountries.)attheageofthreeandbyagesixwasenrolledattheprivatePortlandAcademy.Inthefallof1822,the15-year-oldLongfellowenrolledatBowdoinCollegeinBrunswick,Maine,alongsidehisbrotherStephen.4.Aftergraduatingin1825,hewasofferedajo
3、basprofessorofmodernlanguagesathisalmamater.ThenhewenttoEuropetostudylanguage,againstthewishofhisfatherwhothoughthissonshouldbecomealawyer.For4years,hestudiedlanguagesinFrance,Spain,Italy,GermanyandEngland.InMadrid,hespenttimewithWashingtonIrvingandwasparticularlyimpressedby
4、theauthor'sworkethic.IrvingencouragedtheyoungLongfellowtopursuewriting.HeservedasaprofessorofmodernlanguagesatBowdoinCollegefrom1829---1835.HetaughtmodernlanguagesatHarvardfrom1836to1854.9.Hisfirstmarriageendedin1835,whenhiswifedied.In1843,hemarriedthedaughterofawealthyindus
5、trialistwhogavehimwealth,anddomestichappiness.10.HespenthislastdaysinCambridge.11.HeistheonlyAmericanmanofletterstobehonoredwithabustinthePoet’sConnerinWestminster.MaryStorerPotterbecameLongfellow'sfirstwifein1831anddiedfouryearslater.Afteraseven-yearcourtship,Longfellowmarr
6、iedFrancesAppletonin1843.II.ContributionandLimitationContributionHeisthemostimportantoneofthe“NewEnglandPoets(otherpoets:WilliamCullenBryant,JamesRussellLowell,OliverWendellHolmesandJohnGreenleafWhittier).BasedonhisknowledgeofEuropeanliterarytradition,hebecameamasterofsonnet
7、sandreflectivelyric.HedidagreatservicetoAmericanliteratureindomesticatingcertainformsfromEuropeanliteratue.HissearchfornewformsandhiseffortsinconveyingdidacticisminpopularpoemsbroughthimapopularitywiththecommonreadersinAmericathathasneverbeenapproachedbyanyotherpoet.Hewasals
8、oimportantasatranslator;histranslationofDantebecamearequiredpossessionforth
