The Courtship Of Miles Standish The Bobbs Merrill Company 1903

The Courtship Of Miles Standish The Bobbs Merrill Company 1903Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1903. Hard Cover. Condizione libro: Very Good. No Jacket. Christy, Howard Chandler (illustratore). First Thus. First thus. Top edge of front board soiled with a few other spots further down, to page ridge lightly foxed. 1903 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author! 152 pp. 4to. Light blue cloth, gilt & navy blue titles, navy blue & lighter blue decorations. Color frontispiece and color and black & white plates by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorative backgrounds and borders throughout. CONTENTS: THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH: Miles Standish; Love and Friendship; The Lover's Errand; John Alden; The Sailing of the May Flower; Priscilla; The March of Miles Standish; The Spinning-Wheel; The Wedding-Day; BIRDS OF PASSAGE: Prometheus, or the Poet's Forethought; The Ladder of Saint Augustine; The Phantom Ship; The Warden of the Cinque Ports; Haunted Houses; In the Churchyard at Cambridge; The Emperor's Bird's-Nest; The Two Angels; Daylight and Moonlight; The Jewish Cemetery at Newport; Oliver Basselin; Victor Galbraith; My Lost Youth; The Ropewalk; The Golden Mile-Stone; Catawba Wine; Santa Filomena; The Discoverer of the North Cape; Daybreak; The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz; Children; Sandalphon; Epimetheus, or the Poet's Afterthought; Notes. "The Courtship of Miles Standish is an 1858 narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about the early days of Plymouth Colony, the colonial settlement established in America by the Mayflower Pilgrims. Set against the backdrop of a fierce Indian war, the tale focuses on a love-triangle between three Pilgrims, Miles Standish,Priscilla Mullens, and John Alden. Longfellow claimed the story was true, but the historical evidence is inconclusive. Nevertheless, the ballad was very popular in nineteenth-century America, immortalizing the Mayflower Pilgrims. A recent adaptation is The Romance of Pilgrims: A Great American Love-Story, which retells Longfellow's epic poem in modern English. The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858) was a literary counterpoint to Henry Longfellow's earlier Evangeline (1847), the tragic tale of a woman whose lover disappears in a colonial war. Together, Evangeline and The Courtship of Miles Standish captured the bittersweet quality of America's colonial era, then only recently past. However, the plot of The Courtship of Miles Standish deliberately varies in emotional tone, unlike the steady tragedy of Longfellow's Evangeline. The Pilgrims grimly battle against disease and Indians, but are also obsessed with an eccentric love-triangle, creating a curious mix of drama and comedy. Two bumbling, feuding roommates, Miles Standish and John Alden, vie for the affections of the beautiful Priscilla Mullins, who slyly tweaks the noses of her undiplomatic suitors. The independent-minded woman utters one of the most famous retorts ever. The saga has a surprise ending, one full of optimism for the American future. A debate persists as to whether the tale is fact or fiction. The main characters, Miles Standish, John Alden, and Priscilla Mullins, have names of real-life Pilgrims. Henry Longfellow claimed to be a direct descendant, and that he was relating oral history. Skeptics dismiss his saga as a folktale. No conclusive evidence exists either way. At minimum, Longfellow used poetic license, condensing several years of events. Scholars though, recently confirmed the cherished place of romantic love in Pilgrim culture, and documented the Indian war described by Longfellow. Circumstantial evidence of the love-triangle also exists. Miles Standish and John Alden were likely roommates; Priscilla Mullins was the only single woman of marriageable age. The families of the alleged lovers remained close for several generations, moving together to Duxbury, Massachusetts, in the late 1620's. Descendants still retell the love-triangle of their ancestors. However, the text of the Courtship of Miles Standish is now very difficult for modern readers. Longfellow wrote in an obscure poetic meter, Greek hexameter, and used medieval vocabulary. A recent adaptation, The Romance of Pilgrims: A Great A, , , , , IL LIBRO E' ORIGINALE DEL 1903, CON STAMPE STUPENDE NON SI TROVA GENERALMENTE IL LIBRO ORIGINALE ,SI TROVA SOLO COPIA, , QUINDI IL LIBRO E' ASSOLUTAMENTE UNA RARITA'