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In this gathering Anne Boyd Rioux has chosen fiction over the
course of Constance Fenimore Woolson's life. Woolson's stories
travel from the rural Midwest to the deep South and then across the
Atlantic to Italy and Britain.
Soon after its publication on 30 September 1868, Little Women
became an enormous international bestseller. When Anne Boyd Rioux
read it in her twenties, it had a powerful effect on her and
through teaching it, she has seen its effect on many others. In
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, she recounts Louisa May Alcott's inspiration
for the book and examines why this tale set in the American Civil
War has resonated through time. Alcott's novel has moved
generations of women, amongst them writers such as Simone de
Beauvoir, J.K. Rowling, Cynthia Ozick and Ursula K. Le Guin. Rioux
sees the novel's beating heart in its portrayal of family
resilience and its look at the struggles of girls growing into
women. In gauging its current status, she shows why it remains a
book with such power that people carry its characters and spirit
throughout their lives.
Soon after its publication on 30 September 1868, Little Women
became an enormous international bestseller. When Anne Boyd Rioux
read it in her twenties, it had a powerful effect on her and
through teaching it, she has seen its effect on many others. In
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, she recounts Louisa May Alcott's inspiration
for the book and examines why this tale set in the American Civil
War has resonated through time. Alcott's novel has moved
generations of women, amongst them writers such as Simone de
Beauvoir, J.K. Rowling, Cynthia Ozick and Ursula K. Le Guin. Rioux
sees the novel's beating heart in its portrayal of family
resilience and its look at the struggles of girls growing into
women. In gauging its current status, she shows why it remains a
book with such power that people carry its characters and spirit
throughout their lives.
Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894), who contributed to Henry
James's conception of his heroine Isabelle Archer of The Portrait
of a Lady, was one of the most accomplished American writers of the
nineteenth century. The best known (and most misunderstood) facts
of her life are her relationship with James and her suicide in
Venice. Uncovering new sources, Anne Boyd Rioux provides a fuller
picture of Woolson's life, her fight against depression, her
sources for her writing and her capacity for love and joy. As an
expatriate in Europe, Woolson explored women's thwarted ambitions
while challenging the foremost male writers of her era. Rioux
reveals an exceptional artist who pursued and received serious
recognition despite the stigma attached to female authors.
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