Trotter, Catharine. The Works of Mrs. Catharine Cockburn. Editor Birch, Thomas, J. and P. Knapton.
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Thomas Birch
Standard Name: Birch, Thomas
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| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Catherine Talbot | CT
was, like most of her contemporaries, an assiduous and entertaining correspondent. Letters that she wrote to Jemima Campbell (later Lady Grey)
and Lady Mary Grey (later Gregory)
were copied and circulated by Thomas Birch |
| Publishing | Catharine Trotter | Historian and biographer Thomas Birch
edited CT
's Works posthumously in two volumes (as by Mrs. Catharine Cockburn) with his memoir of her, and published them by subscription. |
| Birth | Catharine Trotter | Thomas Birch
, editor of her posthumous works (and her tombstone, together with most sources until very recently), gave 16 August 1679 as her birth-date, but this would make her improbably young at the time... |
| Literary responses | Catharine Trotter | This was CT
's greatest success. The young George Farquhar
much admired it; it was even praised by Charles Gildon
. Greer, Germaine et al., editors. Kissing the Rod. Virago. 406-7 |
| Material Conditions of Writing | Catharine Trotter | She had begun work on these remarks during the winter of 1739. They appeared anonymously, dedicated to Pope
, in tribute to his argument about the congruence of self-love and benevolence. According to Thomas Birch |
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