"In Death Thy Life is Found": An Examination of the Forgotten Poetry of Margaret Fuller.

<p>Despite the recent scholarship that has been performed on Margaret Fuller, very little has focused on the varied body of poetry she composed during her brief life. By dividing her poetic works into three categories – those written to an early “lover,” those focusing on the theme of androgyny, and those written during her “mature period” of 1844 – one is better able to follow Fuller on the emotional and intellectual journey that served as the foundation for all of her writings. In addition, the study of Fuller’s poetry provides a clearer understanding of how this erudite woman transcended gender boundaries in her writings, as well as in the choices she made in her daily life, further emphasizing her reputation as a revolutionary woman of nineteenth century.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Lewis, Staci E.

• Transcendentalist
• Androgyny
• Margaret Fuller
• American Poets
• Woman in the Nineteenth Century
• Nineteenth-Century Poetry
• Early Feminism
• Arts and Humanities
• English Language and Literature

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• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/651

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oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1808