Author

Richard Henry Dana, Sr.

Richard Henry Dana, Sr. is documented in Fuller’s letters and published essays (1837–1846). 2 distinct works are named, most often in American Literature., and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.

Engagement: AnalyzedReadMentioned
Present in: Letters · Essays
Documented: 1837–1846

Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →

Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

In Fuller’s words

“Some noble and penetrating remarks, worthy to be put in the same line with those, may be found in essays, not yet published, by our countryman, R. H. Dana.”

Mr. Hudson’s Lecture on Hamlet. · 1845

When Fuller engaged with Richard Henry Dana, Sr.

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist2records

V. New York1record

VI. Europe2records

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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1820

1832

1836

1844

1846

1850

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

Dana in Fuller’s reading world

Documentary evidence

Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.

1837—

The Letters of Margaret Fuller, Vol. I: 1817-1838

letter_0158.txt, l.11457-58

analyzed · read

“It has no creative genius, nothing of that spontaneousness which R. H. Dana talks so much about”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Inferred No work is named. Fuller refers to Dana, Richard Henry, Sr. — “It has no creative genius, nothing of that spontaneousness which R. H. Dana talks so much about” — and the passage does not identify a specific writing.

1839—

The Letters of Margaret Fuller, Vol. II: 1839-1841

letter_0207.txt

analyzed · read

“Mr Very is infinitely inferior in accuracy of perception to Mr Dana, and has not so much insight, but he soars higher.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Inferred Fuller names Dana but not the work — “Mr Very is infinitely inferior in accuracy of perception to Mr Dana, and has not so much insight, but he soars higher.” — so the identification as “Lectures on Shakespeare” is the editor’s and is not confirmed by this passage alone.

1845—

Mr. Hudson’s Lecture on Hamlet.

“Mr. Hudson’s Lecture on Hamlet.”

mentioned

“Some noble and penetrating remarks, worthy to be put in the same line with those, may be found in essays, not yet published, by our countryman, R. H. Dana.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Mr. Hudson’s Lecture on Hamlet." New-York Daily Tribune, 19 February 1845. · 19 February 1845

1846—

American Literature.

“American Literature.”

mentioned2 selected passages

“Dana has written so little that he would hardly be seen in a more thickly garnished galaxy.”

“such pieces as the 'Dying Raven,' and the 'Husband and Wife's Grave,' have left a deep impression on the popular mind.”

Also reprinted in Papers on Literature and Art. Counted once, at its first appearance.

Fuller, Margaret. "American Literature." New-York Daily Tribune, 23 September 1846.