Coventry Patmore
and the pioneer doctor Elizabeth Blackwell
lived in the same village as MBE
.
Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day. D. Bryce.
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Fictionalization
Alice Meynell
To many of her contemporaries (especially male contemporaries), AM
symbolised the perfection of Woman and Mother. Many descriptions of her suggest Woolf
's Mrs Ramsay in To the Lighthouse. Coventry Patmore
and Francis Thompson
Family and Intimate relationships
Catherine Sinclair
Several members of CS
's extended family were published authors. Her elder half-sister Janet
published religious works. The best-known in her own day was her great-niece Lucy Walford
, romantic novelist (whom Coventry Patmore
...
Dedications
Alice Meynell
She dedicated the volume to Coventry Patmore
, though their friendship had largely waned.
Badeni, June. The Slender Tree: A Life of Alice Meynell. Tabb House.
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Cultural formation
Viola Meynell
VM
's childhood home was a cultural centre for Roman Catholics
such as the poets Francis Thompson
and Coventry Patmore
. She was influenced by her parents' literary activities, as well as by her mother's...