Barrell, Maria. Reveries du Coeur. Dodsley, Walter, Owen, and Yeats.
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James Wolfe
Standard Name: Wolfe, James
Used Form: General Wolfe
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Maria Barrell | Maria Weylar (later MB
) seems to have been writing poetry by October 1759, since her published volume includes an elegy on the death of Wolfe
at Quebec. |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Gilding | A verse Epitaph for General Wolfe (the poem that EG
placed third in her single known volume, The Breathings of Genius, 1776) presumably dated from soon after his death in September this year. Gilding, Elizabeth. The Breathings of Genius. W. Faden. 2 |
| Textual Production | Eliza Parsons | It shared the bill (which was given for the benefit of actress Isabella Mattocks
) with Elizabeth Inchbald
's The Child of Nature (adapted from Genlis
) and The Soldier's Festival; or, The Night before... |
| Textual Production | Charlotte Smith | The early writings of Charlotte Turner (later CS
) included an elegy on the death of General Wolfe
, written before she was eleven. Hilbish, Florence. Charlotte Smith, Poet and Novelist. University of Pennsylvania Press. 19-20 |
Timeline
13 September 1759: A British party under James Wolfe climbed...
National or international item
13 September 1759
A British party under James Wolfe
climbed the Heights of Abraham at Quebec and beat the French in battle there.
10 February 1763: The Peace of Paris ended the Seven Years'...
National or international item
10 February 1763
The Peace of Paris ended the Seven Years' War (known in North America as the French and Indian War), which had firmly established Britain's pre-eminence as a maritime power.
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