A Lady, author of A Sketch of Modern France, 1798, which appeared this year, has been suspected to be EM
since her husband
edited it; but he as editor clearly indicates to the contrary.
Textual Production
Elizabeth Moody
There is an unexplained gap in her reviewing between August 1791 and January 1800. Four of her reviews were co-authored: with Ralph Griffiths
, his son George
, or her husband
.
Waters, Mary A. British Women Writers and the Profession of Literary Criticism, 1789-1832. Palgrave Macmillan.
141 and n32, 143
Residence
Elizabeth Moody
EM
and her husband
(probably residents before this at Kingston upon Thames in Surrey) lived for some years at Surbiton Farm, Surbiton, in the same county.
Moody, Elizabeth. Poetic Trifles. Cadell and Davies.
Reviews were harsh, reflecting the counter-revolutionary spirit of contemporary politics.
Kelly, Gary. Women, Writing, and Revolution 1790-1827. Clarendon.
124-5
Christopher Lake Moody
, writing in the Monthly Review, had a word of qualified praise for the depiction of the heroine, but deplored...
Literary responses
Helen Maria Williams
A respectful review by Mary Wollstonecraft
in the Analytical praised Williams's calm domestic scenes,
Wollstonecraft, Mary. The Works of Mary Wollstonecraft. Editors Todd, Janet and Marilyn Butler, Pickering.
7: 251
her landscapes, and her convincing characters from nature, as well as the feminine sweetness in her style and...
Literary responses
Mary Wollstonecraft
The Critical Review rose to the challenge of this work, arguing that this story showed that Wollstonecraft's real talents lay in the novel: not for the usual, superficial variety, but for a tale of interest...
Family and Intimate relationships
Catherine Gore
No connection with the poet and reviewer Elizabeth Moody
(or with her husband, the Rev. Christopher Lake Moody
) has been discovered.
Family and Intimate relationships
Elizabeth Moody
Elizabeth Greenly
married the Rev. Christopher Lake Moody
at Thames Ditton in Surrey. She was forty and he twenty-three.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Waters, Mary A. British Women Writers and the Profession of Literary Criticism, 1789-1832. Palgrave Macmillan.
142
Timeline
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Texts
A Lady,. A Sketch of Modern France. Editor Moody, Christopher Lake, Cadell and Davies, 1798.
Moody, Christopher Lake, and A Lady. “Preface”. A Sketch of Modern France, edited by Christopher Lake Moody and Christopher Lake Moody, Cadell and Davies, 1798, p. iii - viii.