The Song of Hiawatha (eBook)

Epic Poem

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
212 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
405-766455692-9 (EAN)

Infos

The Song of Hiawatha is an epic poem which features Native American characters. The epic relates the fictional adventures of an Ojibwe warrior named Hiawatha and the tragedy of his love for Minnehaha, a Dakota woman. Events in the story are set in the Pictured Rocks area on the south shore of Lake Superior. Poem is based on oral traditions surrounding the figure of Manabozho, but it also contains innovations.

Autor

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was an American poet and educator whose best works include Paul Revere's Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the Fireside Poets from New England.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2019
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: 19th century poetry • American Literature • Beowulf • cultural heritage • Epic of Gilgamesh • epic poetry collection • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Idylls of the King • Ken Follett • Leaves of Grass • Manabozho folklore • Native American epic • odyssey • Ojibwe warrior • Paradise Lost • Pictured Rocks area • Ramayana • The Song of Roland • Tolkien • tragic love story