Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Jewish Cemetery at Newport

John Fea | October 30, 2018

“The Jewish Cemetery at Newport“ How strange it seems! These Hebrews in their graves, Close by the street of this fair seaport town, Silent beside the never-silent waves, At rest in all this moving up and down! The trees are...

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Jill Lepore on the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

John Fea | March 18, 2011

In a recent article in The American Scholar, Jill Lepore argues that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,” was more about slavery than it was about Paul Revere. What is perhaps most interesting about her...

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