The Ideal Tarnished: From 'The Happy Valley' to Sulphurous Mines and Shipwrecked Souls

Authors

• Patti Capel Swartz

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Abstract

Pattie Swartz discusses the Zoar community of Eastern Ohio as seen through Constance Fenimore Woolson’s literary works. Swartz contrasts Woolson’s idealized portrayal of Zoar in her early work “The Happy Valley” with her later, more critical examinations in stories like “Solomon” and “Wilhelmina”. Conference paper; originally published in Western Reserve Studies Symposium (15th: 2000: Cleveland, Ohio)

Keywords

Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 1840-1894--Criticism and interpretation, Zoar (Tuscawaras County, Ohio)--in literature

Publication Title

Western Reserve Studies Symposium

Volume

15

Rights

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Recommended Citation

Capel Swartz, Patti, "The Ideal Tarnished: From 'The Happy Valley' to Sulphurous Mines and Shipwrecked Souls" (2000). Western Reserve Studies Symposium. 108.
https://commons.case.edu/wrs-symposium/108