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Fireside Poems
Fireside Poems episodes
- Episode 35: SandalphonA poem on the archangel Sandalphon from the Jewish Talmud. At its conclusion, Longfellow presets his own surprising midrash on the story of Adam and Eve.11 min
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- Episode 32: “All-forgetful of self” from Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieThe strength of womanhood shown in the character of Evangeline in the poem "Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.10 min
- Episode 31: Massachusetts to VirginiaA poem asserting a true masculinity which stands up for the freedom of the powerless, rather than demanding its own selfish freedoms.27 min
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- Episode 29: The WitnessesA poem by Longfellow on the horrors of the Middle Passage which carried Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to their lives of enslavement in America.9 min
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- Episode 27: from “Hiawatha’s Fasting”An account of the advent of agriculture among America's native people as the prophet Manabozo, or Hiawatha, as retold in "The Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.10 min
- Episode 26: The Village BlacksmithA poem for Inauguration Day, featuring a healthy mind in a healthy society.9 min
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About Fireside Poems
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Each week Dr. J shares a poem from one of the nineteenth-century American Fireside Poets, reading it aloud and commenting on it to enhance the listener’s enjoyment of the poem.