Author

George G. Foster

George G. Foster is documented in Fuller’s books and published essays (1845). 2 distinct works are named, most often in Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “quoted”.

Engagement
QuotedReadMentioned
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Books · Essays
Documented
1845
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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

“Mr. Foster has spoken well of him as a man: “First, of the man, Shelley—of his sad experience of life—his fierce and bitter struggles with the storm which his own electric nature gathered about him”
The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley . . . · 1845

When Fuller engaged with George G. Foster

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York1record
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850

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

Foster in Fuller’s reading world

Documentary evidence

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

1845—

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley . . .

“The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley . . .”
quoted · read2 selected passages
“embracing a Biographical and Critical Notice, by G.G. FOSTER.”
“Mr.”

Fuller, Margaret. "The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 27 December 1845.

Undated

Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.

n.d.—

Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems

B-1-17.txt, OCR line 6036-6039
quoted · read2 selected passages
“Mr. Foster has spoken well of him as a man: "Of Shelley's personal character it is enough to say that it was wholly pervaded by the same unbounded and unquestioning love”

Inferred Single-sentence quotation, not a sustained passage.

“Mr. Foster has spoken well of him as a man: 'Of Shelley's personal character it is enough to say...”

Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860.