露丝·麦克纳里·斯图尔特

1849-1917 American

Artworks: 74
露丝·麦克纳里·斯图尔特

美国南方方言小说多产作家

露丝·麦克纳里·斯图尔特是一位美国作家。 She was born Mary Routh McEnery Stuart, child of James and Mary Routh (Stirling) McEnery in Marksville, Louisiana. (She changed the spelling of her name to "Ruth" after she began her career in literature.) Stuart's true date of birth is not known with certainty. In addition to the date shown here in 1849, Stuart's date of birth is also shown as 19 February 1852 on her marriage certificate. When she was three, Stuart moved to New Orleans, Louisiana. Stuart taught school there until she married Arkansas farmer Alfred Oden Stuart on 6 August 1879. Alfred Oden Stuart was a widower with eleven children; he died in 1883 and she returned to New Orleans. Ruth and Alfred Oden Stuart had one son, but he died in 1904 or 1905. Stuart was born to a wealthy and politically powerful family; one biographer writes that "it has been said that the Rouths and the McEnerys owned more slaves than any other two families in the United States." 她是约翰·麦克内里的堂妹，约翰·麦克内里声称自己在1872年当选为路易斯安那州州长——因代表他的大规模选民欺诈行为，其"胜选"结果被推翻——以及塞缪尔·D·麦克内里的堂妹，后者于1881年至1888年担任路易斯安那州州长，并于1897年至1910年担任美国参议员。她还与路易斯安那州州长艾萨克·约翰逊和罗伯特·威克利夫有亲属关系；她的另一位堂亲是墨菲·J·福斯特的妻子，曾担任该州的第一夫人。 斯图尔特的作品首次发表于1888年2月的《新普林斯顿评论》。不久之后，她将第二篇故事卖给了《哈珀新月刊杂志》；在19世纪90年代初，她搬到了纽约市。斯图尔特从1888年到1917年活跃于文坛，创作了约75部作品。在1891年至1897年间，她创作了"20本书、短篇小说、素描以及重新印刷的她最初在杂志上发表的诗歌"。她不仅以写作闻名，还以其作品的口头表演而著称。据说她最著名的作品是《桑尼》（1896年）。她还偶尔担任《哈珀》的副编辑。 Stuart has been characterized as belonging to the school of "American local color writing that emphasizes regional characteristics in landscape, way of life, and language." Stuart's treatment of blacks forms a significant portion of her corpus and, if potentially troublesome today, "contemporary critics acclaimed her as providing an authentic representation of African Americans." For example, she is believed to have transcribed a black spiritual song now known as "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow." Her work is said to be of the same school as Kate Chopin. 斯图尔特的作品在英国受到赞赏。她于1904年成为那里莱西姆俱乐部的成员。1915年，她被杜兰大学授予荣誉文学博士学位。同样在1915年，一个名为"鲁思·麦克内里·斯图尔特氏族"的文学俱乐部成立，并以她的名字命名以示敬意。 斯图尔特于1917年在纽约市去世，并被安葬在新奥尔良。

Artworks by this artist (74 total)