Talk:Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/Archive 1

Archive 1

Antiquarian

Longfellow was interested in pre-Columbian American history and penned some poems about the subject (see The Skeleton in Armor article. Would it be appropriate to mention that in this article?--Caliga10 13:21, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Quotations

One of the reasons HWL is disdained is that he seems to use cliches. In fact, many of the so-called cliches were ORIGINATED by him. Let's put some of these phrases onto the page. Kdammers 10:33, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's one -- "ships that pass in the night", from The Theologian's Tale; Elizabeth:

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,

Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;

So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,

Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Silarius (talk • contribs) 04:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Image of Mrs. Longfellow

Please fix the {{PD - art}}. template. Thank you. 69.86.252.42 14:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

I fixed it - I was the one who added the picture. Alcinoe 03:30, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Where's his other wife?

There is a section in the article about Longfellow's marriage to Fanny Appleton but it mentions that he is burried with both of his wives. Where's the info about the other one? TarTar Sauce 23:54, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

His first wife died in Europe and her body was sent back to Cambridge Massachusetts. http://www.hwlongfellow.org/life_bowdoin.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alcinoe (talk • contribs) 08:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

This should probably be added to the article, don't you think? --Loomos 23:29, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Schools named after him

This should be cleaned up. It started out with one school. I did a quick check, since I figured there were many. So I just listed the first states that I ran across. Maybe some-one can check (or would that be doing forbidden original research :) ?) and change the text to some-thing like "Many / Most states have schools named after him." Kdammers 12:21, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Interesting! Why is there nothing...at all?

By the sound of your discussion, was everything deleted a while ago or something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.218.171.133 (talk) 14:58, 27 February 2007 (UTC).

No, a vandal just removed it. I'm restoring it now. Nyttend 15:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Under Longfellow's Work, 1st paragraph, last sentence says: He had become one of the first American celebrities, and was widely deletehis poetry.
huh? — Preceding unsigned comment added by M42itous (talk • contribs) 16:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

This user IP (68.94.17.194) blanked the page. I replaced it with the last known good version.Raan0001 00:06, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Death of second wife - date

http://www.ezine.com/main/newsletters/action/archives/id/1596 nd http://dlstewart.com/longfellow/LongfellowBio.htm

both give July 9 as the date of Frances's death. The most recent change here (ca. 14 April 2007) appears to be vandalism. Wik earlier had her death on the 10th, after the accident on the 9th. Can some-one check a reliable source, put in the correct date, and make a ref or note as to the source? Please. Kdammers 04:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Add to works

I think that maybe we should have a complete list of longfellow's works, as it is now scattered throughout the textBRAD 18:12, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

A complete list of long works (shorter ones can be included in 'collected works' or some such thing) would be good. Kdammers 09:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I added a list Alcinoe 12:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

MP3 link

I can get to the site, but the texts I clicked on didn't activate. Could some-one else check to see if this is just a problem I have or whether the site is defective. Kdammers 09:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Where is the mp3 link that you were trying to access? Alcinoe 21:46, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I think I was referring to the "listen to audio" link. In any case, when I now click on "listen to audio," I get a site whose button does not activate any audio on my computer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdammers (talk • contribs) 05:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I see what you mean. About a year ago, changes were made in the way that some things are embedded into web pages. The audio, which probably used to work perfectly, now requires that you click once anywhere on the audio box before pressing the play button. Doing this will make the play button work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alcinoe (talk • contribs) 07:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Harry Wadsworth Club

I deleted the part about the Harry Wadsworth Club because it does not seem to be related to Longfellow. According to Mass Historical Society documents,

"It was Greenleaf who inspired the character of "Harry Wadsworth" in Ten Times One Is Ten."

"In addition to "Ten Times One Clubs," other names chosen by clubs included "Harry Wadsworth Clubs,"

http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0120 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alcinoe (talk • contribs) 14:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC).

Help!

The latest edit (present 07-6-6)seems to be very complex and might include both vandalism and valid changes! Also, the html text includes a misspelling of Wadsworth (i.e., Wasdworth), but it doesn't show up on the users' version. kdammers (tildes don't work). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdammers (talk • contribs) 05:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

love as in poetry

Could some one please help me?.Im looking for a short preface to a poetry book that i read to my wife 18yr. ago when i ask her to merry me.It started with something like,Love as with poetry does not have to wait the test of time.I think it was wriyen by Longfellow.03:06, 4 July 2007 (UTC)12.192.17.187

There is a similar quote by Robert Frost "...permanence in poetry as in love is perceived instantly. It hasn't to await the test of time." You can find it on page 229 of a biography of Frost here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=rHWqRHJiAlwC&pg=PP1&ots=mTf_lRciD2&dq=Robert+frost+a+life&sig=JpUcNs0j-NRvHu2n8ZXWHETsQpw#PPA10,M1p229 Alcinoe 07:04, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Berwick Academy

Should'nt a mention be put in about he might have attended Berwick Academy in his youth?

dbottino — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.156.100.148 (talk) 22:55, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Image

I've swapped out the main image for a more high-resolution one, moving the old one (which is good, but lowish resolution) elsewhere in the article. Adam Cuerden ^talk 08:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Mis-reference

I've removed "Longfellow birthplace" from fn/ref 4. There were two identical external links with different descriptions. As far as I can tell the link is solely to the Craigie House, so this description was incorrect. --Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 00:29, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Genre?

Should we mention that he was a Romantist? Or is it that his work falls into the Romanticism category? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.131.62.226 (talk) 23:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)