Evangeline: A NovelThis heartbreaking story of two Acadian lovers separated during the expulsion of the French settlers from Nova Scotia has become one of the most enduring, endearing, and popular poems in American literature. In this edition, the story is enhanced by the new insightful foreword by Henri-Dominique Paratte. Longfellow's epic marks a stylistic shift from reflective lyrics and ballads to a longer tale in verse. The English edition contains sixty-one pages of notes and explanations, which make this an excellent study guide. Readers will discover even more about the poem that will for eternity move those "who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient . . . who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion." The renowned Pamphile Le May French translation is also available. Although not originally written in French, the beautiful language is perfectly suited for the poem and, in fact, would have been the mother tongue of Evangeline herself. |
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... heroine of our poem becomes a real star . If you travel from Yarmouth , brought there by the very fast Cat , or if you rent a car after landing at Halifax International Airport , to visit the Canadian province of Nova Scotia , you may ...
... heroine whom Longfellow created from reports by Connolly and Hawthorne of tragic events that befell the Acadian community in 1755 and the following years has become a universal figure , revered or criticized , but impossible to ignore ...
... heroines of Canada , Evangeline came in sec- ond ! She was in good company , between the ancient gover- nor - general ... heroine while her people , the Acadians , were in North America well before Canada - and especially the present ...
... , only finding him on the threshold of another world . Through Evangeline , who shone brighter than all other heroines in Longfellow's works , the poet used the Acadian situation to reach a higher level , both in his art and his vision of.
... heroine equal to some hero- ines in European romantic literature . We even have a picture of his daughter , Alice , from 1858 , in which she is dressed in a supposed Evangeline costume , probably based on costumes from Normandy that ...