Longfellow Works On His Upcoming Compilation of Global Poetry
In 1845, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published his important anthology "The Poets and Poetry of Europe", a tour de force through the history of poetry in ten different European nations. The firm of Carey & Hart in Philadelphia were his publishers.
Decades later, after he had retired from teaching to focus on writing,...
In 1845, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published his important anthology "The Poets and Poetry of Europe", a tour de force through the history of poetry in ten different European nations. The firm of Carey & Hart in Philadelphia were his publishers.
Decades later, after he had retired from teaching to focus on writing, he revisited a subject close to his heart, the poetry of the world. In 1874, Longfellow oversaw a 31-volume anthology called "Poems of Places", which collected poems representing several geographical locations, including European, Asian, and Arabian countries. This was a monumental task, and he drew on past work to complete it.
In this letter, presumably to publishers James Osgood and Company of Boston, Longfellow directs that changes be made in a portion of his poetic compilation of Europe.
Autograph letter signed, Cambridge, January 5, 1874. "Gentlemen, Will you be kind enough to have the enclosed correction made in "Poets and Poetry of Europe" and proof sent to Yours Truly, Henry W. Longfellow."
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