Beyond the Garden Gate: The Life of Celia Laighton Thaxter

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Beyond the Garden Gate: The Life of Celia Laighton Thaxter

Celia Laighton Thaxter was an author, painter, gardener, and one of the most popular New England poets of the late nineteenth century. Her nonfiction works, An Island Garden and Among the Isles of Shoals, continue to engage readers; "her prose," Smithsonian Magazine has said, "has a timeless quality that makes delightful reading today."

Much of Thaxterâ€™s writing was inspired by the Isles of Shoals, an isolated cluster of islands off the coast of New Hampshire, where she was raised and spent much of her life. As a result, she is often thought to have lived a circumscribed existence, but as Norma Mandel demonstrates in this new biography, Thaxter was an active participant in Bostonâ€™s vibrant cultural life. Her close friends included Sarah Orne Jewett, John Greenleaf Whittier, and James and Annie Fields, and she moved in a literary circle that included such figures as Hawthorne, Emerson, Longfellow, and Holmes. Thaxter was also the hostess of a vibrant summer salon on Appledore Island where artists Childe Hassam and William Morris Hunt and musicians Julius Eichberg and William Mason were among the frequent visitors.

Drawing on previously unexamined letters and family papers as well as Thaxterâ€™s own writings and other sources, Mandel not only reveals new details about the authorâ€™s life but also places her in a broader literary and cultural context. From Thaxterâ€™s isolated childhood and early marriage, to her embrace of the Aesthetic Movement and her fascination with spiritualism, to her lifelong struggle to secure a steady income and care for a disabled child, Mandel offers the most comprehensive biography yet written about a writer whose books about the natural world continue to resonate.

Country	USA
Author	Norma H. Mandel
Binding	Hardcover
Brand	Brand: UPNE
EAN	9781584652977
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	1584652977
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	UPNE
Manufacturer	UPNE
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	192
PublicationDate	2004-07-01
Publisher	UPNE
Studio	UPNE
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Beyond the Garden Gate: The Life of Celia Laighton Thaxter

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