WorkAlfred de Vigny
Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863)
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Documented 1839
Additional passages preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
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Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.
“Stello is a bolder attempt. It is the history of three poets,—Gilbert, Andre Chenier, Chatterton”
Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli · Sept. 1839
Same continuing journal discussion of the de Vigny volume she read through.
“Stello is a bolder attempt.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Balzac, George Sand, De Vigny, and Béranger." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Fuller names the title explicitly: 'Stello is a bolder attempt.' She identifies the three poets (Gilbert, André Chénier, Chatterton) and compares it favorably to the play Chatterton.
“Stello is a bolder attempt. It is the history of three poets, — Gilbert, Andre Chenier, Chatterton.”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.