Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Frances Wright
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Standard Name: Wright, Frances
Birth Name: Frances Wright
Married Name: Frances D'Arusmont
Pseudonym: An Englishwoman
Pseudonym: A Woman
FW
was a writer in many genres: her œuvre includes a tragedy and a philosophical essay, but is dominated by political and feminist social critique, much of it taking the apparently ephemeral forms of lectures and letters. John Stuart Mill
called her one of the most important women of her day
Eckhardt, Celia Morris. Fanny Wright. Harvard University Press.
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(that is, the earlier nineteenth century). The fact that much of her career was pursued in the United States means that she is often critically considered in the context of American literature and culture.
Another important friend of MS
was the radical Frances Wright
, who corresponded with her from 1827, and also put her in touch with Robert Owen's son Robert Dale Owen
.
Shelley, Mary. “Introduction”. Lodore, edited by Lisa Vargo, Broadview, pp. 9-45.
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Vargo, Lisa. “<span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>Lodore</span> and the ’Novel of Society’”. Women’s Writing, Vol.
6
, No. 3, pp. 425-40.
431
The two...
Friends, Associates
Frances Trollope
While in France, FT
also met the young Frances Wright
, a controversial figure who later played a significant role in her life.
Heineman, Helen. Mrs. Trollope: The Triumphant Feminine in the Nineteenth Century. Ohio University Press.
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Wright was known for abolitionist sentiments developed during her travels...
Friends, Associates
Frances Trollope
Her disillusionment with Nashoba
further dampened FT
's original fascination with Fanny Wright
's unique sensibilities, a process already begun on the journey over from England. In a letter written the following year, FT
Friends, Associates
Frances Trollope
Further, while as a wealthy heiress the young Fanny
had rejected all the extravagances and even the simple pleasures of an English moneyed lifestyle, FT
found the reality of a sparse American existence difficult. She...
Friends, Associates
Frances Trollope
Though their friendship was short-lived, critic Susan Kissel
remarks on the similarities between FT
and Frances Wright
: while they differed in their manners, sensibilities, politics, and approaches, both publicly denounced slavery, the mistreatment of...
Friends, Associates
Eliza Fletcher
Hamilton, herself a conservative, set about de-demonizing EF
's political reputation. She had good success in persuading her friends that Mrs Fletcher was not the ferocious Democrat she had been represented, and that she neither...
Fictionalization
Frances Trollope
FT
was one of the most popular authors of her day, and certainly one of its most controversial female authors, in many respects unrivalled in her experiments with female characterization and the range of social...
Family and Intimate relationships
Margaret Fuller
Her father, Timothy Fuller
, was also a teacher, then a lawyer and politician. A graduate of Harvard University
, he served in both the Massachusetts senate and house of representatives, and he became a...