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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 .
Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, ‘A Valentine’ is an innovative address to his platonic beloved, Frances Sargent Osgood. Osgood was an American poet and one of the best-known women writers in contemporary time. Popular by her nickname, “Fanny”, she was also famous for her platonic relationship with Poe. This poem was first published in the ...
Oct 14, 2020 · This engraving of Mrs. Osgood was used as the frontispiece for the edition of her poems published in 1850. It is based on a fine portrait made by her husband, Samuel Stillman Osgood, a well-known painter. ( Born: June 18, 1811 - Died: May 12, 1850) Frances Sargent Locke Osgood was an American poet, essayist, and children’s author who ...
Frances Allan was Edgar Allan Poe’s foster mother, who — along with her husband John Allan — unofficially adopted Poe when he was 2 years old. She encouraged little Edgar to recite poetry from a young age and supported his artistic aspirations until her death brought upon by an unknown illness in 1829 when Poe was only 20 years old.
Love Is in the Air. Love Is in the Air. February 14, 2015. Poe was known for being quite the ladies’ man in his day. Women including Sarah Helen Whitman, Frances Sargent Osgood, Sarah Elmira Royster, Mary Starr, and especially his wife, were known for having romantic feelings for the writer. He did not woo only these women, however.
Dec 16, 2022 · Buford Jones and Kent Ljungquist, “Poe, Mrs. Osgood, and ‘Annabel Lee’,” Studies in the American Renaissance (1983): 275–80; Mary G. De Jong, “Lines from a Partly Published Drama: The Romance of Frances Sargent Osgood and Edgar Allan Poe,” in Patrons and Protégées: Gender, Friendship, and Writing in Nineteenth-Century America ...
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 ...
