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  1. Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke; June 18, 1811 – May 12, 1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. Nicknamed "Fanny", she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe.

  2. Nov 19, 2020 · Frances Sargent Osgood (1811 – 1850) was one of the most influential American women poets of her time. She was born in Boston to a family of poets together with her brother, sister, and step-sister.

  3. Osgood, Frances (1811–1850) American writer rumored to have had an affair with Edgar Allan Poe. Name variations: Fanny Osgood; (pseudonyms) Florence, Ellen, Kate Carol. Born Frances Sargent Locke on June 18, 1811, in Boston, Massachusetts; died on May 12, 1850, in New York City; daughter of Joseph Locke (a merchant) and Mary (Ingersoll ...

  4. Oct 14, 2020 · Frances Sargent Locke Osgood was an American poet, essayist, and childrens author who contributed voluminously to Americas major literary magazines and published books on both sides of the Atlantic. She was the sixth of seven children born to Joseph Locke and his second wife, Mary Ingersoll Foster Locke (m. 1800).

  5. Frances Sargent Osgood 1811-1850. American poet, essayist, and children's writer. Also wrote under the pseudonyms Kate Carol, Violet Vane, and Clarice. Acknowledged by contemporary reviewers...

  6. Born 18 June 1811, Boston, Massachusetts; died 12 May 1850, New York, New York. Wrote under: Ellen, Florence, Kate Carol. Daughter of Joseph and Mary Foster Locke; married Samuel S.Osgood, 1835. Frances Sargent Osgood was the daughter of a Boston merchant. She was educated primarily at home.

  7. Though some critics berated her writing as overly effusive and sentimental, Frances Osgood achieved a wide readership during her career, and her celebrity was based on her success as an author, not merely on her connection to Poe.

  8. OSGOOD, FRANCES SARGENT, One of the most gifted daughters of song America has produced, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, about the year 1812. Her father, Mr. Joseph Locke, was a merchant, and her mother a woman of cultivated taste; both parents encouraged and aided the education of their children.

  9. Osgood, Frances Sargent [Locke] (181150) in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6) Length: 55 words

  10. Dec 16, 2022 · This chapter explores herstorical biofiction with reference to Frances Sargent Osgood, an acclaimed nineteenth-century American poet. Soon after her death, Osgood was relegated to oblivion and her literary achievements eclipsed by her personal relationship with Edgar Allan Poe.

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