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.

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Textual Features Frances Trollope
In part through to her friendship with the abolitionist, writer, and activist Frances Wright , FT became interested in the condition of African slaves and the question of the mental equality, or inequality between us...
Textual Production Frances Trollope
During the 1850s FT also published the melodramatic novel The Old World and the New, drawing on her own experiences to pen a double story of migration. A poverty-stricken English family makes a melodramatic...
Reception Frances Trollope
FT 's years of literary success were marked by tragedy: she lost two of her children to consumption, and eventually lost a third.
Nadel, Ira Bruce, and William E. Fredeman, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 21. Gale Research.
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Heineman, Helen. Mrs. Trollope: The Triumphant Feminine in the Nineteenth Century. Ohio University Press.
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However, her writing brought her into a supportive network...
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...
Travel Frances Trollope
On this visit to Paris, Frances Wright persuaded FT to travel with her to her commune, Nashoba , in Tennessee.
Heineman, Helen. Mrs. Trollope: The Triumphant Feminine in the Nineteenth Century. Ohio University Press.
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politics Frances Trollope
Mary Russell Mitford later recalled that FTused to be such a Radical that her house in London was a perfect emporium of escaped state criminals. I remember asking her at one of her parties...
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 Anna Wheeler
She nevertheless became an important link between French and English socialists, a friend not only of Fourier, but also of Flora Tristan , Frances Wright , Desirée Veret , and Jeanne Victoire .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

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