The complete letters of Constance Fenimore Woolson / edited by Sharon L. Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894.

Contributor:

Dean, Sharon L., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Women and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894--Correspondence.

Woolson, Constance Fenimore.

Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (653 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894) has been fictionalized at least three times, perhaps most notably in Colm Tóibín's award-winning work The Master, a novelization of the life of Woolson's close friend Henry James. But Woolson was a literary star in her own right, publishing in the premier magazines of her day. She penned critically acclaimed novels, short stories, and poetry until her mysterious death in Venice at age fifty-three. Sharon Dean has recompiled, dated, and, in many cases, physically reassembled all of Woolson's extant correspondence from nearly

Contents:

Cover; The Complete Letters of Constance Fenimore Woolson; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; Sources; Chronology; Introduction: Twenty Years a Wanderer; Selected Bibliography; LETTERS; ADDENDUM OF LETTERS; Appendix of Names; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4357-3

OCLC:

813005071