Our birthday tribute to Longfellow offers a fresh and intriguing look at the poet’s domestic life, literary career, and connection with readers and family.
Drawing from personal papers and correspondence, Christoph Irmscher examines Longfellow's views on “verse-building” as a craft to be shared between author and reader. Similarly, Longfellow is portrayed as a rather unorthodox, “hands-on” father with a strong interest in sharing the pleasures and duties of family life.
Christoph Irmscher is Professor of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and author of the forthcoming book, LONGFELLOW REDUX, published by the University of Illinois Press.
Program is FREE - no reservations are necessary. Following the program, the public is invited to a wreath-laying ceremony at the Longfellow family gravesite and birthday refreshments in the Story Chapel.
Co-sponsors include Longfellow National Historic Site, Friends of the Longfellow House, and Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery. For details and directions, call (617)876-4491.
