Hyperion A Romance is one of Henry Wadsworth Longfellows earliest works, published in 1839. It is a prose romance which was published alongside his first volume of poems, Voices of the Night.Hyperion follows a young American protagonist named Paul Flemming as he travels through Germany. The characters wandering is partially inspired by the death of a friend. The author had also recently lost someone close to him. Longfellows first wife, Mary Storer Potter, died in Rotterdam in the Netherlands after a miscarriage in 1836 Longfellow was deeply saddened by her death and noted in his diary "All day I am weary and sad ... and at night I cry myself to sleep like a child."Hyperion was inspired in part by his trips to Europe as well as his thenunsuccessful courtship of Frances Appleton, daughter of businessman Nathan Appleton. In the book, Flemming falls in love with an Englishwoman, Mary Ashburton, who rejects him. (wikipedia.org)About the authorHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include the poems "Paul Reveres Ride", "The Song of Hiawatha", and "Evangeline". He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy and was one of the fireside poets from New England.Longfellow was born in Portland, District of Maine, Massachusetts (now Portland, Maine). He graduated from Bowdoin College and became a professor there and, later, at Harvard College after studying in Europe. His...

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