Folklore & Mythology Figure
Documented in Fuller’s books
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
“Orpheus was a law-giver by theocratic commission. He understood nature, and made her forms move to his music. He told her secrets in the form of hymns, nature as seen in the mind of God.”
Inferred She explicitly names Orpheus, analyzes his mythological character (law-giver, musician, descender into Hades to rescue Eurydice), names Persephone (R15), and uses the myth as an allegory for the ideal man.
“Must make the sad Persephone his friend.”
Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.
“the time is come when Eurydice is to call for an Orpheus, rather than Orpheus for Eurydice”
Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.
Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1845.