Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 153. Gale Research.
153: 45
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Reception | Cecil Frances Alexander | Notwithstanding such social conservativism and her adherence to established religious institutions, CFA
was progressive in her determination to think beyond the bounds of particular (and mutually antagonistic) Christian sects. Her work enjoyed very broad acceptance... |
Dedications | Marjorie Bowen | MB
dedicated The Glen o' Weeping, her third historical novel, to Mark Twain
, in gratitude for his support of her first book, The Viper of Milan. Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 153. Gale Research. 153: 45 TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. 78 (10 May 1907): 151 |
Literary responses | Marjorie Bowen | Critically, the book was very well received. Edward Wagenknecht
in the New York Times Book Review enthused over MB
's settings, calling her a genius in the creation of atmosphere, Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 153. Gale Research. 153: 45 |
Literary responses | Marjorie Bowen | MB
was admired in her own day by others who prided themselves on the popular touch in their writing: Mark Twain
, Walter de la Mare
, Compton Mackenzie
, and Hugh Walpole
, who... |
Reception | Frances Hodgson Burnett | There were, however, negative elements to the book's initial reception. FHB
was accused of plagiarism: either from Mark Twain
, or A. T. Winthrop
(female author of Wilfred. A Story with a Happy Ending... |
Reception | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
's importance to her contemporaries is most readily recalled today by the fact that Matthew Arnold
thought her a worthy target of his corrective wisdom in The Function of Criticism at the Present Time... |
Intertextuality and Influence | Rebecca Harding Davis | Jean Pfaelzer
has admired its world of complex moral choices. Pfaelzer, Jean. Parlor Radical: Rebecca Harding Davis and the Origins of American Social Realism. University of Pittsburgh Press. 236 |
Friends, Associates | Elinor Glyn | In the USAEG
met Mark Twain
, whom she thought the wittiest creature imaginable. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton. 144 |
Literary responses | Elinor Glyn | EG
's close friend Lady Warwick
, when shown the finished manuscript of this book, warned EG
not to publish it, or she would tarnish or ruin her reputation. Glyn, Anthony. Elinor Glyn. Hutchinson. 127 Hardwick, Joan. Addicted to Romance: The Life and Adventures of Elinor Glyn. Andre Deutsch. 119 |
Occupation | Sarah Grand | SG
left on a lecturing tour in the USA, travelling with theatre people Sir Henry Irving
and Ellen Terry
, as well as lecture-tour manager Major James Burton Pond
. Major Pond (1838-1903) also... |
Occupation | Sarah Grand | SG
's tour lasted four months, during which time she lectured at the women's institutions of higher education Barnard College
in New York and Bryn Mawr College
in Pennsylvania, as well as in San... |
Literary responses | Sarah Grand | Feminists, social reformers, and literary men, such as Mark Twain
, George Meredith
, and George Bernard Shaw
, greeted this novel with excitement and appreciation. Mitchell, Sally, and Sarah Grand. “Introduction”. The Beth Book, Thoemmes, p. v - xxiv. vi |
Literary responses | Augusta Gregory | The collection was widely admired when it first appeared in print. Yeats
praised it in his preface as the best book that has come out of Ireland in my time McDiarmid, Lucy et al. “Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography”. Selected Writings, Penguin, pp. xi - xliv, 525. xxviii |
Literary responses | Sarah Orne Jewett | Willa Cather
, in her preface to a collection of SOJ
's Best Stories (1925), reflected a common critical perception in suggesting that Jewett would go down in literary history as a regional writer: the... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ursula K. Le Guin | This contains her thoughts on Mark Twain
, Tolstoy
, J. R. R. Tolkien
(Rhythmic Pattern in The Lord of the Rings) and Ishi
the tribal native American whom her father studied and... |
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