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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Outline: Introduction Life and Career Major Works Contributions and Limitation Writing Style A Psalm of Life Introduction Name: Longfellow Nationality: America Born: February 27,1807 in Portland Died: March 24,1882 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Career: poet professor Life and Career Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807, to Stephen Longfellow and Zilpah (Wadsworth) Longfellow in Portland, Maine, and he grew up in what is now known as the Wadsworth-Longfellow House. Henry was enrolled in a dame school (an early form of a private elementary school in English-speaking countries. ) at the age of three and by age six was enrolled at the private Portland Academy. In the fall of 1822, the 15-year-old Longfellow enrolled at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, alongside his brother Stephen. After graduating in 1825, he was offered a job as professor of modern languages at his alma mater. Then he went to Europe to study language, against the wish of his father who thought his son should become a lawyer. For 4 years, he studied languages in France, Spain, Italy, Germany and England. In Madrid, he spent time with Washington Irving and was particularly impressed by the authors work ethic. Irving encouraged the young Longfellow to pursue writing. He served as a professor of modern languages at Bowdoin College from 1829---1835. He taught modern languages at Harvard from 1836 to 1854. His first marriage ended in 1835, when his wife died. In 1843, he married the daughter of a wealthy industrialist who gave him wealth, and domestic happiness. He spent his last days in Cambridge in 1882. He is the only American man of letters to be honored with a bust in the Poet’s Conner in Westminster Abbey. Major Works 1) Voices of the Night (1839) ?夜吟? his first collection of poems 2) Ballads and Other Poems (1841) ?歌谣及其他? Ballads and Other Poem contains: (1 ) The Village Blacksmith 《乡村铁匠》 (2) A Psalm of Life 《人生礼赞》