Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on 27 February 1807 in Portland, Maine, then a bustling coastal town in Massachusetts, and died on 24 March 1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his lifetime he became, by a considerable margin, the most famous American poet of the nineteenth century. His verses were memorized in schools, recited in parlors, printed in newspapers, sung, parodied, and carried across the Atlantic…
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
Neighbourhood:
American Poets, Devotional Poets, Hymn Writers, Love Poets, Nature Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets, Transcendentalists
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Longing, Wonder
Fiona Macleod, whose published life ran from 12 September 1855 to 12 December 1905, was the most celebrated and perplexing literary identity created by the Scottish writer William Sharp. To call Fiona merely Sharp’s pseudonym, though factually necessary, is insufficient. She was a sustained artistic persona, a voice with its own apparent temperament, correspondence, friendships, themes, and public reputation. Through…
“The great things of the world are not done by those who seek fame.”
Neighbourhood:
Death & Mortality, Decadent Poets, Devotional Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Scottish Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Longing, Wonder
