Today, she is known less for her work than for her intimate relationship with Henry James. Like many “lady novelists” in the nineteenth century, her efforts to be acknowledged as a serious writer were repeatedly complicated by what Elaine Showalter describes as the era’s “trivialization of women writers and bias against female ambition.” Yet, despite the popularity of her novels during her lifetime, the pioneering nature and originality of her local color fiction and travel writing, and her success in securing an exclusive contract with prestigious publisher Harper & Brothers, Woolson’s reputation has since declined. An ambitious writer herself, she became increasingly frustrated by the social and artistic prejudice women of the period were forced to endure. Like her close friend Henry James whom she met in Florence, Woolson became an acute observer of the conflicts unique to late nineteenth-century transitional cultures, including tensions surrounding gender and sexuality. In so doing, she abandoned the idea of a permanent home for a nomadic way of life.
Although she had acquired a taste for travelling at an early age, it was only after her mother’s death that she crossed the Atlantic for the first time. ISBN-13: 978-0393245097.ĤNational and Kapodistrian University of AthensĥIn 1879, at the age of thirty-nine, James Fenimore Cooper’s grandniece Constance Fenimore Woolson set foot in Europe, where she remained until her death in 1894. Portrait of a Lady NovelistĢ New York: W.W. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates.1 Anne Boyd Rioux, Portrait of a Lady Novelist: Constance Fenimore Woolson. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Year should not be greater than current year Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos You may not upload any more photos to this memorial
The cemetery where she is buried is also named: "Castle Nowhere: Lake-Country Sketches", 1875įrom 1880 on, she was a close friend of the Died in Venice, Italy when she either fell or
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