beginnings of, xv, xviii, 14, 24, 26–27, 32, 51, 53, 59–74
commercial vs. artistic success of, 278–79
contemporary reputation of, xiv, 75–76, 81, 104–5, 125, 141, 145, 150–56, 158, 165, 192, 241, 250, 267, 296, 319, 320–21
as critic, 130–31
critical response to, 80–84, 92, 104–5, 109, 125, 128–31, 141–42, 153–56, 158, 176, 200–203, 209–12, 219–22, 236, 241–42, 319, 320–24
first major phase of, 75–97
as forgotten author, xiv, 319–20
HJ’s critiques of, 102, 110, 172, 175, 200, 201, 203, 206, 208–12, 213, 219–22, 233
HJ’s work critiqued by, 130–31, 152–53, 156, 176
legacy of, 319–26
literary friendships of, 90–95, 127, 132; see also specific individuals
literary philosophy of, 78–79, 109–10, 131–32, 138–39, 150, 250, 279, 283
monetary motivation of, 24, 60, 71, 74, 121, 174, 240, 262, 272, 278
poetry of, 35–36, 52, 86–87, 91, 93–95, 101, 128–29, 132
social limitations on, 22–27
Woolson, Constance Fenimore, literary works
“The Ancient City,” 87–89, 91–92, 96
Anne, 42, 89, 108–13, 116, 121, 136, 150–56, 157, 160, 167, 175, 202, 241, 267, 272, 283, 312
“At the Chateau of Corinne,” 147–50, 159, 219–20
“Ballast Island,” 77
“ ‘Bro,’ ” 141
“Cairo in 1890,” 251, 254, 254
“Castle Nowhere,” 77, 82–83, 89, 92–93, 95, 109
Castle Nowhere: Lake-Country Sketches, 83–84, 92, 108, 200
“Cicely’s Christmas,” 68
“Crowder’s Cove,” 103
“Dorothy,” 255, 259–60, 270
East Angels, 172–80, 182, 185, 200–203, 211, 216, 219–20, 232, 283, 351
“The Fairy Island,” 63
“Felipa,” 88, 141
“A Florentine Experiment,” 126–39, 140
“A Flower of the Snow,” 47–48, 71
For the Major, 121, 157–60, 200, 202, 322
“The Happy Valley,” 63
“A Haunted Lake,” 63
“Hepzibah’s Story,” 51–52, 71–72
Horace Chase, 99, 278–85, 288, 289, 295, 296, 300, 321
“In Memorium. G.S.B. February 6, 1871,” 70
“In Sloane Street,” 273–77
“In the Cotton Country,” 103, 141
“In Venice,” 167
“Jeannette,” 92
Jupiter Lights, 228–29, 231–36, 237, 240, 241, 267, 272, 273, 279, 280, 283, 351
“King David,” 89, 105, 141
“The Lady of Little Fishing,” 77, 81, 82
“A Merry Christmas,” 68
“Miss Elisabetha,” 141
“Miss Grief,” 123–27, 128–31, 135, 138, 146, 148, 150, 156, 313, 324
“Mission Endeavor,” 77
“Mrs. Edward Pinckney,” 115–16
“Neptune’s Shore,” 231–32
“An October Idyll,” 63
“Old Gardiston,” 103, 105, 141
“The Old Palace Keeper,” 140
The Old Stone House, 22, 26, 27, 34, 35, 45–46, 72–73, 125
“Peter the Parson,” 77, 80–81, 82, 83, 89, 92
“Pine-Barrens,” 86–87
“A Pink Villa,” 231, 232
“Rodman the Keeper,” 103, 104, 107, 125, 141
Rodman the Keeper: Southern Sketches, 141, 151, 312
“St. Clair Flats,” 75, 77, 82, 84
“Sister St. Luke,” 141
“Solomon,” 75, 79–80, 82, 84
“The South Devil,” 141
“The Street of the Hyacinth,” 145–47, 148, 150
“Symmes’ Hole,” 23
“A Transplanted Boy,” 293–95
Two Women, 94, 101, 128–31, 172
“Up in the Blue Ridge,” 141
“A Voyage to the Unknown River,” 87
“Wilhelmina,” 51
Woolson, Ellen Alida (sister), 17
Woolson, Gertrude (sister), 3–5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 116
Woolson, Hannah Cooper Pomeroy (mother), 4, 6, 10–13, 17, 23, 28, 33, 41, 63, 65, 103, 106–7, 280
breakdown and grieving of, 3–5, 9, 12, 17, 116
CFW’s relationship with, 18, 31, 51, 60, 71, 74, 97, 98–99, 101, 108–9, 113, 121–22, 159
death of, 114–16, 121, 123, 126, 130, 159, 168
family background of, 8–9
ill health of, 31–32, 84–86, 98, 99, 108, 114, 116
marriage of, 5, 11
Woolson, Hannah Peabody, 6, 19
Woolson, Hitchcock, & Carter, 15, 33, 54, 60, 235
Woolson, Julia (sister), 3–5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 116
Woolson, Thomas, 6
Woolson Stoves, 6, 14–15
World War I, 313, 322
Yonkers, N.Y., 107–8, 114, 116
Youth’s Companion, The, 73
Zhukovsky, Paul, 135, 356
Zoar settlement, 26–27, 59, 63, 85, 260
Zola, Emile, 236
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Writing for Immortality: Women and
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Wielding the Pen: Writings on Authorship
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