A thorough exploration of the role of Longfellow's literary icon ?vang?line and her role in the North American cultural landscape, available for the first time in English. The eponymous character of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, ?vang?line, is an Acadian girl searching for her long-lost love, Gabriel, during the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755-1764). Originally published in 1847, Longfellow's poem throws into sharp...