Catharine Sedgwick and the circles of New York.(Biography) From: Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers | Date: June 1, 2006| Author: Avallone, Charlene | COPYRIGHT 2006 University of Nebraska Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Although Catharine Maria Sedgwick lived and wrote in New York City nearly half her adult life, her status as a notable New Yorker has become involved in ambiguities and contradictions. In 1846, Edgar Allan Poe situated Sedgwick in Knickerbocker circles with "Irving, Cooper, Paulding, Bryant, Halleck, and one or two others" as one "of our literary pioneers" of national reputation, but Poe set critical precedent in discrediting her metropolitan status along with "the absolute merit" ...