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Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

The Oxford Companion to American Literature | 1995 | | Copyright

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850–1919), Wisconsin poetaster, whose first book, Drops of Water (1872), a collection of temperance verse, was followed by nearly 40 volumes of romantic, unctuous verse in the “Oh God, the pain” school, distinguished by a sentimental approach to spiritualistic, metaphysical, and pseudo‐erotic subjects. Her popular reputation was ensured when Poems of Passion (1883) was rejected for “immorality.” Her platitudes also found expression in many short stories, sketches, and novels. The Story of a Literary Career (1905) and The Worlds and I (1918) are autobiographical works. Her most famous lines are from her poem Solitude:Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

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Wilcox, Ella Wheeler

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850–1919), American poet whose many volumes of romantic, sentimental, and mildly erotic verse (with titles such as Poems of Passion and Poems of Cheer) brought her a vast readership.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Wilcox, Ella Wheeler." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Wilcox, Ella Wheeler." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-WilcoxEllaWheeler.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Wilcox, Ella Wheeler." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-WilcoxEllaWheeler.html

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