Constance Woolson

Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894)

Title	Constance Fenimore Woolson
Alt. Title	Writers and Mountains: Constance Fenimore Woolson
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Creator	Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina Asheville
Subject Keyword	Thelma Harrington Bell ; Southern Appalachians ; writers ; mountains ; Appalachians ; mountaineers ; Great Smoky Mountains ;
Subject LCSH	Woolson, Constance Fenimore Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel
Description	Biographical information and bibliography of literary contributions related to western North Carolina.
Publisher	Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
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Date	Date digital: 2007-12-20
Type	Collection ; Text ; Images ;
Format	Digital exhibit
Source	D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections - Multiple collections,
Language	English
Relation	Is part of: Writers and Mountains web exhibit, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville ; Both Thelma Harrington Bell and Croydon Bell's papers are held by the Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, 222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN.
Coverage	1921-19
Rights	No restrictions; Copyright: Retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	N/A
Acquisition	N/A
Citation	Writers and Mountains web exhibit, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Processed by	Helen Wykle 2007
Last update	2007-12-14
Biographical Information	Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, on March 5, 1840, Constance Fenimore Woolson shortly moved with the family to Cleveland, Ohio. In Cleveland in the 1850's Constance attended the Cleveland Female Seminary and afterwards Madame Chegaray's School in New York City. A precocious girl, she excelled at writing and began to publish in 1870 or 1871. Until her death she was a traveler. Rarely staying in one place for any length of time, she lived for a time in the Carolinas, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Ohio. From 1880 until her death she also lived in various European cities, including Florence, Rome, London, Warwickshire, Cheltenham, Oxford, cities in Switzerland and in the Black Forest region of Germany, and in Venice. A friend of Henry James, she was in Venice on January 24, 1894, as was James. She died on that day in a mysterious fall from the window of her dwelling and reportedly James took her letters and dumped them in the sea.
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Books about:	Dean, Sharon L. Constance Fenimore Woolson: Homeward Bound. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1995. Torsney, Cheryl B. Constance Fenimore Woolson: the Grief of Artistry. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1989. Moore, Rayburn S. Constance Fenimore Woolson. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1963 American Women Writers : A Critical Reference Guide From Colonial Times To The Present , 1979-82 (Green Library Ref. PS147.A4) v.1-4, supplement v.5. This comprehensive reference work includes 1000 American women writers from Colonial time to the present. Each author receives a critical assessment, a complete list of works, a selected list of criticism, and biographical information. The final volume includes an index. Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States (Green Library Ref. PS147.094 1995) more than 400 biographies of American women authors writing in a variety of genres and in a variety of fields. Index, timelines, and bibliography are included. American Women Writers: Bibliographic Essays Bibliographic essays by various critics cover 24 major American women authors. Includes information on editions and manuscripts. Notable American Women, 1607-1950: a Biographical Dictionary, 1971 v. 1-3 and Vol. 4. The Modern Period, 1980 provides long, scholarly articles on American women of various fields. Volume 4 covers women who died between 1951 and 1975.