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    A Study Guide for John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snow-Bound"
    A Study Guide for John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snow-Bound"
    A Study Guide for John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snow-Bound"
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    A Study Guide for John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snow-Bound"

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    A Study Guide for John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snow-Bound," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535833448
    A Study Guide for John Greenleaf Whittier's "Snow-Bound"

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      Snow-Bound

      John Greenleaf Whittier

      1866

      Introduction

      Subtitled A Winter Idyl, John Greenleaf Whit-tier's Snow-Bound is a long poem in which the poet recounts an event from his childhood, when a New England snowstorm left Whittier and his family confined to the home and surrounding grounds at his birthplace in Haverhill, Massachusetts, for several days. The poem was originally published as a single volume in 1866 and soon achieved both popular and critical success. As a narrative poem, Snow-Bound tells a story in verse and develops a number of characters, including Whittier's family and the boarders in the home. The work is considered Whittier's masterpiece. In it, Whittier recalls the homestead of his childhood and the isolation the residents of the home endured as a result of the storm. Being so cut off from one's neighbors and community was not without danger in the early nineteenth century, but the threats of freezing and starvation are countered in the poem by warmth of the fire and as well as the warmth of the family's affection and the sense of comfort derived from their spirituality. As the poem was published just after the end of the American Civil War (1861–1865), its sense of nostalgia for a simple, peaceful rural life certainly played a role in its appeal to a people reeling from the turmoil of war.

      Snow-Bound was reprinted in a 1916 edition by Houghton Mifflin, titled Snow-Bound, Among the Hills, Songs of Labor, and Other Poems. More recently, Fredonia Books published Snow-Bound and Other Autobiographic Poems in 2003.

      Author Biography

      Whittier was born to Quaker parents on a seventeenth-century homestead near Haverhill, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1807. When he was nineteen years old, Whittier entered the newly opened Haverhill Academy, and he studied there for about a year; he was unable to afford to stay longer. In 1829, Whittier was offered an editorial position at a political newspaper called the American Manufacturer in Boston. Abolitionist and journalist William Lloyd Garrison helped him secure the position, and Garrison's influence would continue to steer the course of Whittier's life. Later, Whittier also worked as an editor at the New England Review in Hartford, Connecticut. While living in Hartford, Whittier published his first volume of tales and poems, Legends of New England, in 1831. He returned to the homestead in Haverhill later that year due to poor health. In March of

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