He later became a professor of modern languages at his alma mater, and was then invited to Harvard University to succeed George Ticknor as professor of modern languages, before returning to study in Europe. He had already begun to compose, publishing a succession of works, including the prose work Beyond the Sea (1833-34), which exudes the author's European tastes, the autobiographical prose work Hyperion (1839), the poetry collection Voices in the Night (1839), which includes the famous A Psalm of Life, Ballads and Other Poems (1842), the tragic love epic poem Evangeline (1847), based on a true story from the French and Indian War, The Song of Hiawatha (1855), which was based on an Indian legend, and The Courtship of Myles Standish (1858), a love epic set in the early Plymouth Colony.He established an extraordinary reputation as a professor-poet, and also translated Dante's Divine Comedy (1865-67). However, compared to his contemporary JR Lowell, who developed anti-slavery arguments in The Biglaw Papers and other publications, Longfellow's position resembles that of OW Holmes, who Lowell accused of being escapist. *Some of the terminology that refers to "A Psalm of Life" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…その後,母校の近代語の教授,さらにハーバード大学に招かれてジョージ・ティクナーの後を継いで近代語の教授を務め,再びヨーロッパに留学した。その間にも早くより創作を始め,作者のヨーロッパ趣味を漂わせる散文《海の彼方に――巡礼は海を越えて》(1833‐34),自伝的な散文《ハイペリオン》(1839),有名な〈人生のうたA Psalm of Life〉を含む詩集《夜の声》(1839),《バラードその他の詩集》(1842),フレンチ・インディアン戦争当時の実話をもとにした悲恋叙事詩《エバンジェリン》(1847),インディアン伝説に取材した《ハイアワサの歌》(1855),初期プリマス植民地を背景とする恋愛叙事詩《マイルズ・スタンディッシュの求婚》(1858)などの作品を次々と発表し,教授詩人として並々ならぬ名声を確立しながら,さらにダンテの《神曲》の翻訳(1865‐67)も行った。しかし同時代のJ.R.ローエルが《ビッグロー・ペーパーズ》などで反奴隷制の論争を展開したのに比べれば,ロングフェローの立場は,ローエルに現実逃避と非難されたO.W.ホームズの立場に似ている。… ※「《A Psalm of Life》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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