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Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
After the death of her mother, Constance Fenimore Woolson leaves the United States for Europe in pursuit of Henry James, not because she's in love with him, but because she's transfixed by his writing. And while he does eventually give Constance his attention, it's not without a price.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Constance Fenimore Woolson (18401894), who contributed to Henry James's conception of his heroine Isabelle Archer in The Portrait of a Lady, was one of the most accomplished American writers of the nineteenth century. Yet today the best-known (and most-misunderstood) facts of her life are her relationship with James and her probable suicide in Venice. This first full-length biography of Woolson provides a fuller picture that reaffirms her literary...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
"A Private Life of Henry James is a rich and fascinating exploration of the lasting influence on the master's work of two independent, fiercely intelligent women, his cousin, Minny Temple and the writer, Constance Fenimore Woolson.
Author
Language
English
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The following attempts at literary portraiture originally appeared, with three exceptions, in American periodicals—The Atlantic Monthly, The Century, and Harper’s Weekly. The paper on Emerson was contributed to Macmillan’s Magazine, that on “The Art of Fiction” to Longman’s and that on M. Guy de Maupassant to The Fortnightly Review. The reminiscences of Turgénieff were written immediately after his death, the article on Anthony Trollope...
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