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Born in February 27, 1807 / Died in March 24, 1882 / United States / English

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BOOKS

  • Outre-Mer; A Pilgrimage beyond the Sea, 2 volumes (volume 1, Boston: Hilliard, Gray, 1833; volume 2, Boston: Lilly, Wait, 1834); enlarged edition (New York: Harper, 1835; London: Bentley, 1835).
  • Hyperion, A Romance (New York: Samuel Colman, 1839; revised edition, Boston: Fields, Osgood, 1869).
  • Voices of the Night (Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1839).
  • Poems on Slavery (Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1842).
  • Ballads and Other Poems (Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1842).
  • The Spanish Student. A Play, in Three Acts (Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1843).
  • The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1845).
  • Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie (Boston: William D. Ticknor, 1847; London: Kent & Richards, 1848).
  • Kavanagh, A Tale (Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1849).
  • The Seaside and the Fireside (Liverpool: John Walker / London: David Bogue; Hamilton, Adams; John Johnstone / Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; John Johnstone / Dublin: J. M'Glashan, 1849; Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850).
  • The Golden Legend (Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1851; London: David Bogue, 1851).
  • The Song of Hiawatha (London: David Bogue, 1855; Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1855).
  • Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 2 volumes (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1857).
  • Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 2 volumes (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1857).
  • The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems (London: Kent, 1858; Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1858).
  • Tales of a Wayside Inn (London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1863; Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863).
  • Flower-de-Luce (London: Routledge & Sons, 1867; Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1867).
  • The New England Tragedies . . . I. John Endicott. II. Giles Corey of the Salem Farms (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868; London: Routledge, 1868).
  • The Divine Tragedy (Boston: Osgood, 1871).
  • Christus, A Mystery, 3 volumes (Boston: Osgood, 1872)--includes The Divine Tragedy, The Golden Legend, and The New England Tragedies.
  • Three Books of Song (Boston: Osgood, 1872; London: Routledge, 1872).
  • Aftermath (Boston: Osgood, 1873; London: Routledge, 1873).
  • The Hanging of the Crane (Boston: Osgood, 1874; London: Routledge, 1874).
  • The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems (Boston: Osgood, 1875; London: Routledge, 1875).
  • Kéramos and Other Poems (Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1878; London: Routledge, 1878).
  • The Early Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, edited by Richard Herne Shepherd (London: Pickering, 1878).
  • Ultima Thule (London: Routledge, 1880; Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1880).
  • In the Harbor, Ultima Thule--Part II (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1882; London: Routledge, 1882).
  • Michael Angelo (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1883; London: Routledge, 1883).

EDITIONS

  • The Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Riverside Edition, edited by Horace E. Scudder, 11 volumes (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1886); reprinted in Standard Library Edition with Life, by Samuel Longfellow, 14 volumes (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1891).
  • The Complete Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow, Cambridge Edition, edited by Horace E. Scudder (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1893); republished as The Poetical Works of Longfellow, introduction by George Monteiro (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975).

OTHER

  • Manuel de Proverbes Dramatiques, edited by Longfellow (Portland, Me.: Samuel Colman / Brunswick, N.J.: Griffin's Press, 1830).
  • Charles Francois Lhomond, Elements of French Grammar and French Exercises, translated by Longfellow (Portland, Me.: Samuel Colman / Brunswick, N.J.: Griffin's Press, 1830).
  • Novelas Españolas: El Serrano de las Alpujarras; y el Cuadro Misterioso, edited by Longfellow (Portland, Me.: Samuel Colman / Brunswick, N.J.: Griffin's Press, 1830).
  • Oliver Goldsmith, Le Ministre de Wakefield, French translation by T. F. G. Hennequin, edited by Longfellow (Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1831).
  • Syllabus de la Grammaire Italienne, edited by Longfellow (Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1832).
  • Saggi de' Novellieri Italiani d'Ogni Secolo, edited by Longfellow (Boston: Gray & Bowen, 1832).
  • Coplas de Don Jorge Manrique, translated by Longfellow (Boston: Allen & Ticknor, 1833).
  • The Waif: A Collection of Poems, edited by Longfellow (Cambridge, Mass.: John Owen, 1845).
  • The Poets and Poetry of Europe, edited, with biographical notes, by Longfellow (Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845; revised and enlarged, Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1871).
  • The Estray: A Collection of Poems, edited by Longfellow (Boston: Ticknor, 1846).
  • The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, 3 volumes, translated by Longfellow (Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1865-1867; revised, 1867; London: Routledge, 1867).
  • Poems of Places, edited by Longfellow (volumes 1-19, Boston: Osgood, 1876-1877; volumes 20-31, Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1878-1879).

LETTERS

  • The Letters of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 6 volumes, edited by Andrew Hilen (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1966-1983).



See also the Longfellow entry in DLB 59: American Literary Critics and Scholars, 1800-1850.

PAPERS: The chief repository of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's papers and manuscripts is the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Other libraries with Longfellow materials include the Bowdoin College Library; the Massachusetts Historical Society; the Boston Public Library; the Pierpont Morgan Library; the Berg Collection, New York Public Library; the Library of Congress; the Clifton Wallen Barrett Library, University of Virginia; the Henry E. Huntington Library; the Parkman Dexter Howe Library, University of Florida; and the University of Washington Library.