The lives of Margaret Fuller
Subtitle: a biography
By: John Matteson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
ISBN-13: 9780393068054
Subjects: American Women authors; Biography; Feminists
Description: An account of the brilliant writer and a fiery social critic Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) who became the leading female figure in the transcendentalist movement, wrote a celebrated column of literary and social commentary for Horace Greeley's newspaper, and served as the first foreign correspondent for an American newspaper. Amid all these strivings and achievements, she authored the first great work of American feminism: Woman in the Nineteenth Century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.