CR Episode 27: Longfellow’s Excelsior
Critical Readings · Critical Readings
December 30, 201953m 27s
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Show Notes
The panel reads and surveys three poems by Longfellow: 'The Cross of Snow', 'The Day Is Done', and 'Excelsior', and makes a case for Longfellow's narrative and emotive expression, in contrast to modern critical demands for abstraction and complexity.