Mrs. Ann Sophia Stephens


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Mrs. Ann Sophia Stephens

Mrs. Ann Sophia Stephens

(Born: March 30, 1810 - Died: August 20, 1886)

American novelist and editor. Ann Maria Winterbotham was born in Derby, CT, as the thrid of ten children. Her parents were Ann Wrigley and John Winterbortham. She married Edward Stephens in 1831.

 

  • Notice from “Autography”
    • Ann S. Stephens” (“A Chapter on Autography” - part II) — December 1841 — Graham’s Magazine
  • Notice from “The Literati”
    • Ann S. Stephens” (“The Literati of New York City” - No. III) — July 1846 — Godey’s Lady’s Book
    • Ann S. Stephens” (“The Literati”) — 1850 — WORKS

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  • Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L., “Ann S. Stephens,” Cyclopedia of American Literature, New York: Charles Scribner, 1856, 2:530-531
  • Fleenore, Juliann E., “Ann Sophia Winterbotham Stephens,” American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present, ed. Lina Mainiero, New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1970, 4:163-164
  • Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
  • Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978. (Second printing 1979)
  • Peterson, Charles J., “Our Contributors — No. XV: Mrs. Ann S. Stephens,” Graham’s Magazine, November 1844, 26:234-236
  • Reece, James B., Poe and the New York Literati: A Study of the “Literati” Sketches and of Poe’s Relations with the NewYork Writers, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Duke University, 1954.
  • Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849, Boston: G. K. Hall & Sons, 1987.

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