Rose Terry Cooke

Augusta Rohrbach (Washington State University)

Ed. by Nick Selby, University of East Anglia
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Dates

Born 17 Feb 1827
Died 1892
Activity 1851-1892

Places

Born in United States
Active in United States

Activities

Primary

Poet
Story-writer

Resources

Cooke's Works

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Although few today read her work, Rose Terry Cooke (1827-1892) once held a prominent place among the short-fiction writers known as local colorists. Her career began before the Civil War. Her first story was published in

Graham’s Magazine

(1845); her first verses appeared in the

New York Tribune

under the editorship of Charles A. Dana, to whom she dedicated her book of poems in 1861. She gained wide notice when her work was featured in the inaugural issue of

The Atlantic Monthly

in 1857.

First and foremost, Rose Terry Cooke was a popular writer. She made her living by the pen. Yet, despite her popularity, there is only one known contemporary source on Cooke’s life. Written by Harriet Prescott Spofford, this portrait was included in Our Famous Women (1884). [The only other source

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Citation: Rohrbach, Augusta. "Rose Terry Cooke". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 November 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1002, accessed 23 November 2024.]