Constance Fenimore Woolson
Subtitle: selected stories and travel narratives
By: edited by Victoria Brehm and Sharon L. Dean.
Contributors: Brehm, Victoria, 1947-; Dean, Sharon L., 1943-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Voyages and travels.
Description: "American writer and world traveler Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894) was author of more than fifty short stories, four novels, a novella, and numerous poems and travel essays. During her lifetime, she achieved both popular and critical success, but much of her work is no longer available. This volume, as the first anthology to collect representative samples of her stories, travel sketches, poems, and correspondence, represents a major advance toward re-establishing her place in nineteenth-century literature and letters. As these pieces demonstrate, Woolson offered keen observations on the issues she cared most deeply about, namely the cultural and political transformation of the United States in the wake of the Civil War, the status of women writers and artists in the nineteenth century, and the growing implications of nationalism and imperialism." "This collection features selections from each of the three distinct periods of Woolson's career and includes a chronology of her life and travels. Focusing primarily on Woolson's short stories, editors Victoria Brehm and Sharon L. Dean also include a representative letter, poem, and travel sketch for each section."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-342).