Evangeline

E29535

narrative poem poem

Evangeline is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of an Acadian girl's lifelong search for her lost love amid the Great Upheaval.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	narrative poem → poem →
author	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow →
containsCharacter	Basil the blacksmith → Benedict Bellefontaine → Father Felician →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
featuresLocation	American Midwest → Grand-Pré → Louisiana → Pennsylvania →
firstPublicationYear	1847 →
genre	historical fiction → romantic literature →
hasAdaptation	Evangeline (1913 film) → Evangeline (1919 film) → Evangeline (1929 film) → Evangeline (musical) →
historicalEventDepicted	Expulsion of the Acadians → Great Upheaval →
influenced	Acadian cultural identity → tourism in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia →
inspiredBy	Acadian history → story told to Longfellow by Nathaniel Hawthorne →
language	English →
literaryForm	epic poem →
literaryMovement	American Romanticism →
literarySignificance	major work of 19th-century American poetry → one of Longfellow's most famous works →
mainCharacter	Evangeline Bellefontaine → Gabriel Lajeunesse →
meter	dactylic hexameter →
narrativePerspective	third-person omniscient →
originalMedium	print →
placeOfPublication	Boston →
primaryTheme	exile → faith → loss → love → perseverance →
protagonistNationality	Acadian →
protagonistOrigin	Acadia →
publisher	William D. Ticknor & Company →
settingPeriod	18th century →
structure	two parts →
subjectMatter	Acadian diaspora → search for lost love →
title	Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Evangeline ("Evangeline (1913 film)") → Evangeline ("Evangeline (musical)") →	hasAdaptation
Emmylou Harris → Henry Wadsworth Longfellow →	notableWork
Eva St. Clare →	givenName
Ticknor and Fields →	publishedWork
Old Corner Bookstore →	publisherOf
Eva →	shortFormOf
Evangeline ("Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie") →	title