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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961883403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9781587297465

1587297469

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Writers in their own time

Altri autori (Persone)

MyersonJoel

Disciplina

818/.309

Soggetti

Women authors, American - 19th century

Feminists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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