Historical Society of Watertown Annual Meeting - Longfellow: The Poet and His Songs

Waltham native Rob Velella will present a living history portrait entitled "Longfellow: The Poet and His Songs"

This solo performance features Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as a young man, explaining his woes as a harried professor and up-and-coming poet. He presents the story of his life up to the year 1854, when his prospects in literature suddenly mature.

Rob Velella is an independent literary historian and playwright specializing in American literature of the 19th century. Through tours, lectures, dramatic readings, and museum exhibits, he has helped remind today's readers about writers of the past. He has dramatically brought to life several literary figures, including the young Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe. He also maintains the American Literary Blog, described as "an almost-daily celebration of important (and not-so-important) dates in American literary history."
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