In Florence in 1883, Mrs. Howells had urged her to allow her brother, the sculptor Larkin Goldsmith Mead, to make a medallion portrait of her to complete his set of famous authors, comprising Howells, James, and Hay.
Constance Fenimore Woolson : First Novelist of Florida . " In Feminist Criticism : Essays on Theory . Poetry , and Prose , eds . Cheryl L. Brown and Karen Olson ( Metuchen , N .J. : Scarecrow , 1978 ) : 8-18 .
"Biography at its best aims at resurrection. Anne Boyd Rioux has brought the novelist Constance Fenimore Woolson back to life for us.
This volume, the most comprehensive gathering of Woolson's stories to date, represents the culmination of decades of recovery work done by scholars, and puts the focus back on the work, where it belongs.
Biographical background and sectional writings of an American authoress of the last century whose very genuine talents have been largely overlooked.