by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Nimbus Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780920852132
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«Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie» is the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published by Nimbus Publishing in paperback (109 pages, in English).
The poem tells how two lovers, Evangeline and Gabriel, are separated during the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadia in 1755; Evangeline then begins a long journey in search of her lost love. With this work, Longfellow turned the landscape of Nova Scotia into a place of literary memory known as the Land of Evangeline.
Published in December 1991, this edition includes an introduction by C. Bruce Fergusson and twelve illustrations. The poem was originally published in 1847.
Work aimed at readers interested in classical poetry and the history of Acadia and Nova Scotia.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.
