author
Clara Helen Whitmore
b. 1865
A literary historian of the early 20th century, she is best remembered for tracing the place of women writers in English fiction from the Restoration through the Victorian era. Her work has the feel of a careful guide, opening a window onto authors who helped shape the novel.
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Woman's Work in English Fiction, from the Restoration to the Mid-Victorian Period
by Clara Helen Whitmore
About the author
Clara Helen Whitmore was an American literary scholar and editor born in 1865. Reliable catalog records connect her with at least two published works: an edition of Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas from 1907, and Woman's Work in English Fiction from 1910.
Her best-known book studies the contribution of women novelists in English literature from the Restoration to the mid-Victorian period. In the book's prefatory material, Whitmore explains that the project began as a master's thesis suggested by Dr. E. Charlton Black of Boston University and later grew into a book, which gives a helpful glimpse of her academic background and interests.
Biographical details about her life appear to be scarce in the easily available sources, so it is safest to remember her chiefly through her scholarship: a reader with a strong interest in literary history, women writers, and the long development of English fiction.