tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post7979257237073043919..comments2024-03-01T10:16:11.283-08:00Comments on AmericanStudies: November 28, 2012: American Winter, Part ThreeAmericanStudierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-59477891540328113392012-11-28T12:28:03.055-08:002012-11-28T12:28:03.055-08:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Rob!Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Rob!AmericanStudierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06483077716534996778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3939909775405220345.post-75561626281513121532012-11-28T08:36:10.942-08:002012-11-28T08:36:10.942-08:00I love your reading of "Snow-Bound" by p...I love your reading of "Snow-Bound" by putting it in the context of post-bellum America. It's also interesting to note how radical Whittier must have looked in his earlier period when he was using his poetry almost exclusively for the abolitionist cause (and he wrote some violently angry poetry for a Quaker). Longfellow, by far the superior poet, also wrote out against slavery before, as I say, using his poetry as a unifying force to create the American identity - to that end, he used history, calming imagery, etc. The reality was, of course, that it worked, which is reflected by his popularity.<br />Further, I agree with your conclusion: I wouldn't take any of these folks out of our literary history.Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.com