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The Song of Hiawatha
by [Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth]
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The Song of Hiawatha is an 1855 epic poem, in trochaic tetrameter, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, featuring an Indian hero. Longfellow's sources for the legends and ethnography found in his poem were the Ojibwe Chief Kahge-ga-gah-bowh during their visits at Longfellow's home; Black Hawk and other Sac and Fox Indians Longfellow encountered on Boston Commons; Algic Researches and additional writings by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, an ethnographer and United States Indian agent; and Heckewelder's Narratives. In sentiment, scope, overall conception, and many particulars, Longfellow's poem is very much a work of American Romantic literature, not a representation of Native American oral tradition. Longfellow insisted, "I can give chapter and verse for these legends. Their chief value is that they are Indian legends."
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- CreateSpace Independent P Brand
- Jan 24, 2014 Pub Date:
- 9781495320194 ISBN-13:
- 1495320197 ISBN-10:
- 86.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 10 in * 0.2 in * 8 in Dimensions:
- 0 lb Weight:
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