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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Rioux, Anne Boyd, author.     Subjects     Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894.     Women novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.     Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rioux, Anne Boyd, author.       by title:      Constance Fenimore W...         MARC Display

Constance Fenimore Woolson : portrait of a lady novelist / Anne Boyd Rioux. by Rioux, Anne Boyd, author. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2016. Subjects Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894.   Women novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.   Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century. ISBN:  9780393245097 (hardcover) : 0393245098 (hardcover) Description:  xix, 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894), 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. Anne Boyd Rioux uncovered new sources in writing this first full-length biography that evokes Woolson's dramatic life and reaffirms her literary stature. A grand-niece of James Fenimore Cooper, Woolson was born in New Hampshire, but her family's ill fortunes drove them west to Cleveland. Raised to be a conventional woman, Woolson was thrust by her father's death into the role of breadwinner, and yet, as a writer, she reached for critical as much as monetary reward. Known for her powerfully realistic and empathetic stories of post-Civil War American life, Woolson created compelling portrayals of the rural Midwest, Reconstruction-era South, and formerly Spanish Florida. After her invalid mother's death, she moved to Europe, living mostly in England and Italy and spending several months in Egypt. While abroad, she wrote finely crafted foreign-set stories that presage Edith Wharton's work of the next generation. In this rich biography, Rioux reveals an exceptionally gifted and committed artist who pursued and received serious recognition despite the difficulties faced by female authors of her day.--Adapted from dust jacket.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 813.4 Woolson Ri Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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