Tale Blazers: American Literature
2 total works
The Courtship of Miles Standish
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and N C 1882-1945 Wyeth
Published 1 January 2004
Evangeline describes the betrothal of a fictional Acadian girl named Evangeline Bellefontaine to her beloved, Gabriel Lajeunesse, and their separation as the British deport the Acadians from Acadie in the Great Upheaval. The poem then follows Evangeline across the landscapes of America as she spends years in a search for him, at some times being near to Gabriel without realizing he was near.