16 August 2023: "Depsite their powerful attraction to her...men and women came to find her too much for them. And however ardent her desire, Fuller gracefully lets them go. She reclaims them as friends. Fuller never loses self-respect in her frank pursuit of her objects, nor does she lose the esteem of those who refuse her. This is persuasive. And it helps me understand why I have never completely let her go" (Chevigny 266-267).
Two posts in a row about scholarship and letting go, albeit in different ways. This passage from Chevigny's piece was a good one to read on the day I am starting to dive into Fuller for a couple of entries for the book.
Also two posts in a row about scholarly passages that make me feel a bit teary.
Work Cited
Chevigny, Bell Gale. “Forty Years with Margaret Fuller.” Nineteenth-Century Prose, vol. 42, no. 2, 2015, p. 237-272. EBSCOhost.
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