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Caroline Sturgis Tappan (August 30, 1818 – October 20, 1888), commonly known as Caroline Sturgis, or "Cary" Sturgis, was an American Transcendentalist poet and artist. She is particularly known for her friendships and frequent correspondences with prominent American Transcendentalists, such as Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
31 de ago. de 2022 · Learn about the life and work of Caroline Sturgis Tappan, a 19th-century poet, children's author, and confidante of Emerson and Fuller. See her letters, poems, and illustrations from the MHS collections.
Born Caroline Sturgis in August 1819 in Boston, Massachusetts; died onOctober 20, 1888, in Lenox, Massachusetts; daughter of William Sturgis (a sea captain and merchant) and Elizabeth Marston (Davis) Sturgis (daughter of Judge John Davis ); sister of Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848); aunt of Clover Adams (1843–1885); educated at home with ...
Authors--Caroline Sturgis Tappan. Caroline Sturgis Tappan, 1818-1888. Perry Miller. From The American Transcendentalists (Doubleday, 1957)
Calmly to sleep. But the dews are falling, heavy and fast, Sadly sighs the cold night-blast, Loud roars the deep. I press my hands upon my heart--. 'Tis very cold! And swiftly through the forest dart. With footsteps bold.
Caroline Sturgis Tappan (August 30, 1818 - October 20, 1888), commonly known as Caroline Sturgis, or "Cary" Sturgis, was an American Transcendentalist, poet, and artist. [1] [2] [3] She had a romantic frienship with Margaret Fuller.
Caroline Sturgis Tappan was a Transcendentalist poet and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller. Together with her sister Ellen Sturgis Hooper, she contributed verse to the Transcendentalist literary magazine, The Dial.
