Fuller in her own time : a biographical chronicle of her life, drawn from recollections, interviews, and memoirs by family, friends, and associates / edited by Joel Myerson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Myerson, Joel.

Series:

Writers in their own time.

Writers in their own time

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Women authors, American.

Feminists--United States--Biography.

Feminists.

Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850.

Fuller, Margaret.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, [Iowa] : University of Iowa Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Writer, editor, journalist, educator, feminist, conversationalist, and reformer Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was one of the leading intellectuals of nineteenth-century America as well as a prominent member of Concord literary circles. Yet the challenging spirit behind her intellectual confidence and mesmerizing energy led to the invention of an unbalanced legacy that denied her a place among the canonical Concord writers. This collection of first-hand reminiscences by those who knew Fuller personally rescues her from these confusions and provides a clearer identity for this misrepresented perso

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Fuller as a Schoolgirl in 1819-1820; Journal Comments on Fuller in 1836 and 1838; Epistolary Comments on Fuller in 1836, 1843, and 1850; Fuller in Providence in 1837-1838; Fuller as a Teacher in 1837-1838; Fuller as a Teacher in 1838; Fuller as a Teacher in 1838; Fuller as a Teacher in 1838-1839; Fuller's Conversations in 1839 and 1840; Epistolary and Journal Comments on Fuller in 1839, 1841, and 1842; Epistolary Comments on Fuller in 1839, 1841, and 1850; Journal Comments on Fuller in 1840; Fuller's Conversations in 1841; Fuller in New York in 1844-1846

"The Literati of New York City" (1846)Fuller at the Italian School, London, in 1846; Epistolary Comments on Fuller in 1846 and 1852; Fuller in Italy in 1847; Fuller in Rome in 1847-1849; Fuller in Rome in 1849; Fuller in Florence in 1850; Fuller's Death in 1850; Epistolary Comments on Fuller in 1850, 1851, and 1852; Epistolary Comments on Fuller in 1851; Journal Comments on Fuller in 1851 and 1852; From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1852); From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1852); From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1852); From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1852)

Epistolary Comments on Fuller in 1852Epistolary and Other Comments on Fuller in 1856,1882, and 1884; From "Margaret Fuller Ossoli" (1861); Anniversary Celebration of Fuller's Sixtieth Birthday (1870); From Harriet Martineau's Autobiography (1877); Margaret Fuller (1884); Journal Comments on Fuller in 1858 (1884); From Reminiscences of Ednah Dow Cheney (1902); The "Margaret-ghost" (1903); From Alcott Memoirs (1915); A Brother's Memories of Fuller (1936); Reminiscences of Margaret Fuller (1974); Permissions; Works Cited; Index; Writers in Their Own Time

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-209) and index.

ISBN:

9781587297465

1587297469

OCLC:

297116206