The Woman and the Myth

by Fuller, Margaret; Chevigny, Bell Gale

• ISBN13: 9781555531812
• ISBN10: 1555531814
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-12-09
• Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr

Summary

This new edition of this classic and influential book features recently recovered writings about Fuller by her contemporaries and additional selections from Fuller's writings, including previously unpublished excerpts from her journals.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword to the Revised Edition
Selected Bibliography
Textual Note to the Revised Edition
Chronology	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Problem of Identity and Vocation	p. 17
Contemporaries on Fuller
At thirteen, Frederic Henry Hedge [1852]	p. 30
In the Transcendental Club, William Henry Channing [1852]	p. 31
Her temperament, Ralph Waldo Emerson [1852]	p. 31
As a force, Samuel Gray Ward [1850-51]	p. 34
Fuller's Writings
On her childhood [1840)	p. 35
On her mother's imagined death, no date	p. 50
To her father, January 16, 1820	p. 51
To her father, January 5, 1821	p. 53
On schooling and growth, no date	p. 54
To Susan Prescott, July 11, 1825	p. 55
On Harriet Martineau [1835]	p. 56
On writing fiction, November 1835	p. 57
On George Sand, no date and 1839	p. 57
On doubts about writing [circa 1839]	p. 59
On Bettina Brentano and Karoline von Gunderode [circa 1842]	p. 60
To Beethoven, November 25, 1843	p. 60
On her dilemma [early 1840s]	p. 62
The Friend	p. 65
Contemporaries on Fuller
Her vocation, William Henry Channing [1852]	p. 84
Her influence on individuals, James Freeman Clarke [1852]	p. 84
Her "truth-speaking power," Sarah Freeman Clarke, no date	p. 86
Her conversion of skeptics, William Henry Channing [1852]	p. 88
Her character, Elizabeth Hoar, April 3, 1839	p. 89
Her effect on himself and others, Ralph Waldo Emerson [1852]	p. 90
Fuller's Writings
"Mariana," a story [1844]	p. 94
To Almira Barlow, November 19, 1830	p. 101
To James Freeman Clarke [March 28? 1830]	p. 102
To James Freeman Clarke, July 6, 1832	p. 103
To James Freeman Clarke, February 1, 1835	p. 104
To William Henry Channing, July 1841, July 1842, and no date	p. 105
On talk with Ellery Channing, August 28, 1842	p. 107
To Samuel Gray Ward [September 1839]	p. 108
To Samuel Gray Ward [?], no date	p. 110
On Anna Barker [October 1842]	p. 112
To Caroline Sturgis, January 10, 1839	p. 114
To Caroline Sturgis [1840?]	p. 115
To Harriet Martineau [circa November 1837]	p. 116
To her mother, September 5, 1837	p. 119
To Arthur Fuller, December 31, 1837	p. 120
To Richard Fuller, May 25, 1841	p. 120
On Emerson's influence, no date	p. 121
To Ralph Waldo Emerson, January 7, 1839	p. 122
To Ralph Waldo Emerson, September 29, 1840	p. 123
To Ralph Waldo Emerson [October 1841?]	p. 125
On Lidian Emerson, September 2, 1842	p. 127
On marriages, September 4, 1842	p. 129
On changing assessment of Emerson, August 25, 1842	p. 131
To Elizabeth Peabody, December 26, 1844	p. 133
To Richard Fuller, March 2, 1845	p. 135
To James Nathan [May? 4? 1845]	p. 135
To James Nathan, May 9, 1945	p. 137
The Transcendentalist: Teacher, Editor, Literary Critic	p. 141
Contemporaries on Fuller
Her teaching in Providence, Anna Gale, 1838	p. 159
An afternoon with Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, August 22, 1842	p. 160
Her writing and talk, Edgar Allan Poe, August 1846	p. 161
A satirical portrait, James Russell Lowell, 1848	p. 163
Fuller's Writings
On suspension of belief [1829-30]	p. 166
On mystical experience at twenty-one [1840]	p. 167
Credo, 1842	p. 169
To Richard Fuller, August 11, 1842	p. 171
On conversation with Alcott [circa 1837]	p. 172
On last day at Greene Street School [December 1838]	p. 173
Preface to Eckermann's Conversations with Goethe, 1839	p. 174
On hopes for The Dial, 1840	p. 181
"American Literature," 1846	p. 184
"Modern British Poets," 1846	p. 199
"Miss Barrett's Poems," January 4, 1845	p. 202
"French Novelists of the Day," February 1, 1845	p. 205
The Feminist	p. 209
Contemporaries on Fuller
Her eighth Conversation [December 1839]	p. 224
Record of Conversation on March 22, 1841, Elizabeth Peabody	p. 225
Conversations for men and women, Elizabeth Peabody [April 1841]	p. 226
"Gorgeous Pedants," Harriet Martineau [1877]	p. 228
Her influence on young women, Ednah Dow Cheney [1902]	p. 230
"The Great Lawsuit," Sophia Peabody Hawthorne [July 1843]	p. 231
Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Edgar Allan Poe, August 1846	p. 232
Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Caroline Sturgis, March 4, 1845	p. 233
Woman in the Nineteenth Century, John Neal, March 4, 1845	p. 234
Her feminism, Horace Greeley [1852]	p. 235
Fuller's Writings
On first Conversation, second winter, November 8, 1840	p. 237
On abolition, to Maria Weston Chapman, December 26, 1840	p. 238
Woman in the Nineteenth Century [1845]	p. 239
On man and woman, no date	p. 279
The Social Critic and Journalist	p. 281
Contemporaries on Fuller
At Brook Farm, Georgiana Bruce Kirby [1887]	p. 304
Her Tribune writing and concern for prostitutes, Horace Greeley [1852]	p. 305
As a female journalist, "T.L.," March 7, 1846	p. 307
Letter of introduction, Ralph Waldo Emerson, July 31, 1846	p. 308
Fuller's Writings
On American history [1833-34]	p. 310
On the Dorr rebellion, July 1842	p. 310
On communal experiments, October 18, 1840	p. 312
On an early stay at Brook Farm [1841]	p. 313
On return to Brook Farm [1842]	p. 315
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 [1844]	p. 316
On visit to Sing Sing, October 20, 1844	p. 334
On talk to prisoners, December 25, 1844	p. 335
"Our City Charities," March 19, 1845	p. 337
On The Narrative of Frederick Douglass, June 10, 1845	p. 340
On the United States Exploring Expedition, June 28, 1845	p. 343
"The Irish Character," June 28, 1845	p. 344
"Children's Books," February 5, 1845	p. 346
On travel in England and Scotland, August 23, 1846 to [March 3, 1847]	p. 348
On meeting Carlyle [February 19, 1847]	p. 352
On the Carlyles and Mazzini, November 16, 1846	p. 354
On the English and French character and the Chamber of Deputies, December 1846 [and May 15, 1847]	p. 355
On famine, Fourier, and the Lyons weavers [May 15 and 29, 1847]	p. 357
On meeting George Sand, January 18 and March 17, 1847	p. 360
The Radical in Italy	p. 365
Contemporaries on Fuller
Defense of her political work, James Russell Lowell, July 12, 1849	p. 402
In Rome with Ossoli, Emelyn Story [1852]	p. 403
Evenings in Florence, Frederick Gale, December 15 and 29, 1849	p. 410
In Florence with Ossoli, William Henry Hurlbut [1852]	p. 411
Her last year, Elizabeth Barrett Browning [1852]	p. 413
The question of her marriage, Ralph Waldo Emerson [1850-51]	p. 414
Chronology of her movements, Ralph Waldo Emerson [1850-51]	p. 416
Florentine gossip, Nathaniel Hawthorne, April 3, 1858	p. 416
Meditation on her meaning, Henry James [19031	p. 420
Fuller's Writings
On Genoa and Naples [May 29, 1847]	p. 422
To Thomas Hicks, April 23, 1847	p. 423
On the high tide of the Pope's popularity, May 1847	p. 425
To William Henry Channing, May 7, 1847	p. 427
On tributes to women in Italy, August 9, 1847	p. 427
To Caroline Sturgis, August 22, 1847	p. 428
On Austrian rule and need for revolution, October 1847	p. 430
On Rome and a National Guard for Florence, October 18, 1847	p. 431
To Richard Fuller, October 29, 1847	p. 433
To Ralph Waldo Emerson, December 20, 1847	p. 434
On Americans in Europe, abolitionists at home [January 1, 1848]	p. 435
On a nun taking the veil, December 30, 1847	p. 439
To Caroline Sturgis Tappan, January 11, 1848	p. 440
To Costanza Arconati Visconti, January 14, 1848	p. 442
On Sicilian insurrection and Roman weather, January 1848	p. 443
On revolution in Paris and Milan, March 29, 1848	p. 445
To William Henry Channing, March 29, 1848	p. 448
On Mazzini's return from exile, April 19, 1848	p. 448
On the Pope's retreat from revolution, May 7 and 13, 1848	p. 449
To Ralph Waldo Emerson, May 19, 1848	p. 453
To Costanza Arconati Visconti, May 27, 1848	p. 454
To Giovanni Angelo Ossoli, August 22, 1848	p. 454
To Giovanni Angelo Ossoli, October 15, 1848	p. 455
On defeat in the north and Charles Albert, December 2, 1848	p. 456
To her mother, November 16, 1848	p. 459
On the Pope's flight and the condition of women, December 2, 1848	p. 463
On the people's response to the Pope's absence, January 6 and February 20, 1849	p. 465
On the birth of the Roman Republic, February 20, 1849	p. 466
To Giuseppe Mazzini, March 3, 1849	p. 468
To Caroline Sturgis Tappan, March 16, 1849	p. 470
To Giovanni Angelo Ossoli, April 4, 1849	p. 472
On war in Rome, May 27, 1849	p. 473
To Ralph Waldo Emerson, June 10, 1849	p. 475
On the siege of Rome, June 21 and 23, 1849	p. 477
On Garibaldi's retreat and the entry of the French, July 6 and 10, 1849	p. 479
To William Henry Channing, August 28, 1849	p. 482
To her mother [August 31, 1849] and [December 15? 1849]	p. 483
To Costanza Arconati Visconti [August 1849]	p. 485
To Ellen Channing, December 11, 1849	p. 486
To Marcus and Rebecca Spring, December 12, 1849	p. 489
To Caroline Sturgis Tappan [circa December 17, 1849]	p. 491
To William Henry Channing [circa late July 1849] and December 17, 1849	p. 493
To Emelyn and William Story, April 16 and May 10, 1850	p. 495
To Marcus Spring, June 3, 1850	p. 496
Supplement	p. 499
Contemporaries on Fuller
Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Lydia Maria Child, February 15, 1845	p. 500
"Portrait of a Distinguished Authoress," Edgar Allan Poe, March 8, 1845	p. 501
Summer on the Lakes and "Miss Fuller and Reformers," Orestes A. Brownson, October 1844, and April 1845	p. 504
Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Catherine Maria Sedgwick, July 27, 1845	p. 506
Papers on Literature and Art, Walt Whitman, November 9, 1846	p. 507
"Stray Leaves from a Seamstress's Journal," October 1853	p. 508
On Wollstonecraft and Fuller and the Italian letters, George Eliot, October 13, 1855, and May 17, 1856	p. 509
"Margaret Fuller Ossoli," Caroline Healey Dall, July 1860	p. 512
Fuller's Writings
"Lillo": Outline of a [male] autobiographical romance [circa 1840]	p. 516
A woman of genius [circa autumn 1839]	p. 517
A nightmare and a dream [early 1839]	p. 518
To Caroline Sturgis, October 7, 1839	p. 519
To Caroline Sturgis, October 22, 1840	p. 521
"Bettine Brentano and Her Friend Gunderode," January 1842	p. 525
Dreaming with Anna, [October 30] 1842	p. 532
The journals of 1844: [May 1?] to September 8	p. 532
The last Tribune dispatches, August 31, 1849, November 15, 1849, and January 6, 1850	p. 556
Index	p. 563
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