Born December 17, 1807 in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Died: September 7, 1892, Hampton Falls, Massachusetts. American poet and abolitionist. Born into a Quaker farming family, he began writing poetry as a child, after reading the poetry of R. Barnes. He published a collection of poems and prose works he wrote while working as an editor for various magazines, titled Legends of New England (1831). Around the time of the Civil War, he became an ardent opponent of slavery, and wrote poems such as Barbara Frietchie (64) and Laus Deo! (65). In his later years, he also wrote many religious poems as a devout Quaker. Other works include the famous long poem Snow-Bound (66), which sings of rural life in New England. Whittier |
[生]1807.12.17. マサチューセッツ,ヘーバヒル [没]1892.9.7. マサチューセッツ,ハンプトンフォールズ アメリカの詩人,奴隷制廃止論者。クェーカー教徒の農家に生れ,子供の頃から R.バーンズの詩集などに親しんで詩作を始めた。種々の雑誌編集にたずさわるかたわら書いた詩,散文を集め,『ニューイングランドの伝説』 Legends of New England (1831) として発表。南北戦争前後からは熱心な奴隷制度の反対者として活発な論陣を張り,『バーバラ・フリチー』 Barbara Frietchie (64) ,『神をほめたたえよ』 Laus Deo! (65) などの詩を残す一方,晩年は熱心なクェーカー教徒として,宗教的な詩を数多く書いた。ほかに,ニューイングランドの農村の生活を歌った有名な長詩『雪に閉ざされて』 Snow-Bound (66) など。 ホイッティア
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