Week 11: The Romantic Temper and the House Divided
The New England Genteel Tradition
Online Resources
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, A Biography 
A brief biography of the major New England poet of the American nineteenth century. 
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Recollecting Longfellow 
A reconsideration of the place of Longfellow in the nineteenth century. 
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John Greenleaf Whittier 
About John Greenleaf Whittier 
A brief biographical sketch of the American writer. 
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PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: Whittier 
A useful bibliography of printed resources on the fiery abolitionist and poet. 
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Oliver Wendell Holmes 
Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Biographical Sketch 
An 1895 assessment following the poet's death in 1894. 
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The Oliver Wendell Holmes Page 
SAC LitWeb page with links to works. 
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James Russell Lowell 
James Russell Lowell 
A short biographical sketch. 
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PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: Lowell 
A useful biography of print resources on the New England poet and abolitionist. 
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James Russell Lowell
American Nineteenth-Century Poet and Abolitionist
 

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