Tales of a Wayside Inn

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Tales of a Wayside Inn is a narrative poetry collection structured as a series of stories told by different characters gathered at a New England inn.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf narrative poetry
poetry collection
author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
basedOn The Wayside Inn
containsPoem Paul Revere's Ride
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin United States
featuresCharacter The Landlord
The Musician
The Poet
The Sicilian
The Spanish Jew
The Student
The Theologian
firstPublicationYear 1863
followedBy The Second Day (in later series volumes)
frameSetting a New England inn
genre frame narrative
narrative poetry
hasDigitalVersion Internet Archive scans
Project Gutenberg edition
hasIllustratedEdition various illustrated editions
hasPart Paul Revere's Ride
The Birds of Killingworth
The Landlord's Tale
The Musician's Tale
The Saga of King Olaf
The Sicilian's Tale
The Spanish Jew's Tale
The Student's Tale
inspiredBy The Red Horse Tavern
language English
literaryForm poetry
literaryMovement American Romanticism
medium print
narrativeDevice stories told by different characters
notablePoemIncluded Paul Revere's Ride
partOfSeries Tales of a Wayside Inn series
publicationPlace Boston
publisher Ticknor and Fields
settingLocation New England
Sudbury, Massachusetts
structure series of tales told in turn by different characters
subjectMatter legendary and historical narratives
storytelling in a communal setting
timePeriodOfComposition American Civil War era

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tales of a Wayside Inn ("The Landlord's Tale")
hasPart
Paul Revere's Ride
includedInCollection
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
notableWork
Tales of a Wayside Inn ("Tales of a Wayside Inn series")
partOfSeries
Paul Revere's Ride ("Tales of a Wayside Inn "The Landlord's Tale" version")
relatedWork

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