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Margaret Fuller: A New American Life tells “Margaret Fuller’s story from the inside, using most direct evidence-- her own words, and those of her family and friends, recorded in the moment, preserved in archives” (Marshall, 2013, pg. xxi). Because Marshall, in her writing, used Fuller’s “own words” there was little need for the author herself interpret Fuller's thoughts or draw her own conclusions; rather, Marshall was left to research and provide Fuller’s ideas and beliefs in a collection to interested readers. As many of the quotes are no longer than a sentence of two, it is hard to say what context the quotes were originally in or if they were given new meaning by the context provided to the reader by Marshall. Throughout the …show more content…
So often, the world or even nation’s timeline becomes a jumbled array of numbers and places, taken out of general context, taught, and then disregarded in relation to the rest of history. Fuller lived during the early to mid-1800s. Before this book, the only historical event out of that span of forty years that I could accurately name with confidence was the War of 1812. Post reading this book, I learned of all the other events taking place throughout that time that previously I never even associated in the same century. For example, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life mentions the two Adam’s presidents as Timothy Fuller threw an “elaborate” a ball in honor of John Quincy Adams hoping to get a “diplomatic posting” under his administration when it came time (Marshall, 2013, pg. 41). Later, Fuller wrote on “the war with Mexico in hopes of annexing Texas as a slave state” speaking of those “feeble Mexicans” who were “fighting in defense of their rights” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 277). Marshall’s book also mentioned Edgar Allen Poe as a positive reviewer of Summer on the Lake, a book by Fuller, described by Poe himself to be “the only genuine American book...published this season” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 213). Fuller also lived through and left much documentation of the Roman revolution. These events, mentioned in the book and by Fuller herself,
Margaret Fuller: A New American Life tells “Margaret Fuller’s story from the inside, using most direct evidence-- her own words, and those of her family and friends, recorded in the moment, preserved in archives” (Marshall, 2013, pg. xxi). Because Marshall, in her writing, used Fuller’s “own words” there was little need for the author herself interpret Fuller's thoughts or draw her own conclusions; rather, Marshall was left to research and provide Fuller’s ideas and beliefs in a collection to interested readers. As many of the quotes are no longer than a sentence of two, it is hard to say what context the quotes were originally in or if they were given new meaning by the context provided to the reader by Marshall. Throughout the …show more content…
So often, the world or even nation’s timeline becomes a jumbled array of numbers and places, taken out of general context, taught, and then disregarded in relation to the rest of history. Fuller lived during the early to mid-1800s. Before this book, the only historical event out of that span of forty years that I could accurately name with confidence was the War of 1812. Post reading this book, I learned of all the other events taking place throughout that time that previously I never even associated in the same century. For example, Margaret Fuller: A New American Life mentions the two Adam’s presidents as Timothy Fuller threw an “elaborate” a ball in honor of John Quincy Adams hoping to get a “diplomatic posting” under his administration when it came time (Marshall, 2013, pg. 41). Later, Fuller wrote on “the war with Mexico in hopes of annexing Texas as a slave state” speaking of those “feeble Mexicans” who were “fighting in defense of their rights” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 277). Marshall’s book also mentioned Edgar Allen Poe as a positive reviewer of Summer on the Lake, a book by Fuller, described by Poe himself to be “the only genuine American book...published this season” (Marshall, 2013, pg. 213). Fuller also lived through and left much documentation of the Roman revolution. These events, mentioned in the book and by Fuller herself,