露絲·麥克納里·斯圖爾特

1849-1917 American

Artworks: 74
露絲·麥克納里·斯圖爾特

美國南方方言小說多產作家

露絲·麥克納里·斯圖爾特是一位美國作家。 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." 她是約翰·麥克內里的堂妹，約翰·麥克內里聲稱自己在1872年當選為路易斯安那州州長——因代表他的大規模選民詐欺行為，其「勝選」結果被推翻——以及塞繆爾·D·麥克內里的堂妹，後者於1881年至1888年擔任路易斯安那州州長，並於1897年至1910年擔任美國參議員。她還與路易斯安那州州長艾薩克·強森和羅伯特·威克利夫有親屬關係；她的另一位堂親是墨菲·J·福斯特的妻子，曾擔任該州的第一夫人。 斯圖爾特的作品首次發表於1888年2月的《新普林斯頓評論》。不久之後，她將第二篇故事賣給了《哈珀新月刊雜誌》；在19世紀90年代初，她搬到了紐約市。斯圖爾特從1888年到1917年活躍於文壇，創作了約75部作品。在1891年至1897年間，她創作了"20本書、短篇小說、素描以及重新印刷的她最初在雜誌上發表的詩歌"。她不僅以寫作聞名，還以其作品的口頭表演而著稱。據說她最著名的作品是《桑尼》（1896年）。她還偶爾擔任《哈珀》的副編輯。 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. 斯圖爾特的作品在英國受到讚賞。她於1904年成為那裡萊西姆俱樂部的成員。1915年，她被杜蘭大學授予榮譽文學博士學位。同樣在1915年，一個名為「魯思·麥克內里·斯圖爾特氏族」的文學俱樂部成立，並以她的名字命名以示敬意。 斯圖爾特於1917年在紐約市去世，並被安葬在新奧爾良。

Artworks by this artist (74 total)