Bowdoin College

Attending Bowdoin College has been one of the most rewarding and eye-opening experiences I have had in my life. As a freshman, I did not know that being poor, closeted, black, and male placed me in a disadvantaged category. This complex identity made most of my time at Bowdoin difficult. I personally believe that some Bowdoin faculty did not fully understand the needs of young minority students or were sensitive to our needs. When the previous pre-health advisor insisted that I give up on my dream

Arnold Bennett, Longfellow is "the chief minor poet of the English language." Among a harsh lineup of critics, however, they claimed he fell short of literary. This is quite the contrary. Longfellow attended Bowdoin college, near Portland, Maine where he was born and raised. The college offered him the newly formed position as chair of modern languages. "Two things are striking about this event: the informality of the academic approach to language studies and the obvious natural gift that Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a very popular American poet. He was one of the most influential poets from the 1800s. Henry received a memorial head statue in the poet’s corner of west minister abbey in London. He wrote some of the most popular poems in American literature. During the twentieth century, Henry’s writing reputation decreased. This author believes that Henry’s writing is important because his poems are a part of the history of American literature. In the 1800s, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an influential American writer in the 19th century. Born in Maine in 1807, Longfellow was 5 years old when the War of 1812 occurred. In a poem he wrote much later in life, “My Lost Youth”, Longfellow recounts begging his father for a toy drum. Being a small child, Longfellow could not grasp the magnitude of what was happening mere miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. The Longfellow family was so close to some battles that both British and American men who died in battle

As a result, at just age 14 Henry entered Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine (hwlongfellow.org). His passion for literature grew the more he learned at college. He entered literary societies such as the Peucinian Society where he was able to stimulate his mind by engaging other academically ambitious students (poetryfoundation.org). The book holdings

attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). He graduated college in 1825 and was ranked fourth in his class (Adnax Publications). He was invited to accept the new Chair of Modern Languages, and he taught at Bowdoin College and Harvard. While teaching at the colleges, he translated many textbooks in French, Italian, and Spanish. He knew dozens of languages. He visited Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and England as his additional three years of study from Bowdoin College

and Sam”(Lukes 17). At a young age, he was considered a child prodigy because he excelled in school. At the age of fourteen, Longfellow and his eldest brother were accepted to Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He was able to speak in eleven languages and was able to read eighteen. Since Henry was talented Bowdoin College offered him the first professorship in Modern Languages (American 342). Mary Potter was Longfellow's first wife and sadly died after her miscarriage. Longfellow’s second wife Frances

Henry Longfellow In doing my research on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I have composed my essay into four parts. First, I started off by describing Henry’s early childhood all the way to old age. Then, I went on to giving a description of what the Romantic Period was. After that, I explicated his poem Flower-De-Luce and talked about how it fit the Romantic Period. Finally, I included a copy of his poem and a works cited page to show where I found my material to put my essay together. Henry Wadsworth

first trip, he wrote his first book, Outre Mer: A Pilgrimage Beyond the Sea in 1835, which did not succeed (Wagenknecht). He began teaching Italian, Spanish, and French at the college, married Mary Potter, and wrote six foreign language textbooks earning him the Smith Professorship of Modern Languages at Harvard College soon after (“Longfellow”). Before accepting this new position at Harvard, he, his wife, and two friends went to Europe in 1835 to improve his fluency in foreign languages. This

differently then his father might have thought. In his education department , Longfellow attend Portland in his early years. After graduating from his early years, he later went on to attend Bowdoin College. A position later came up for a teaching job at Harvard. This was a big opportunity but the college wanted Longfellow to have different languages to speak. ( Source 1) “ Before he began at Harvard, Longfellow and his wife traveled to northern Europe ( Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).” Tragic events