Bloom, Abigail Burnham, editor. Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers. Greenwood Press.
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Dora Wordsworth
Standard Name: Wordsworth, Dora
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Jane Jewsbury | MJJ
became very close to Wordsworth
's daughter Dora
; the relationship, which may have been mutually romantic, |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Jane Jewsbury | Early in 1831 she had refused Fletcher
's first proposal. Despite her father
's strong opposition, Fryckstedt, Monica Correa. “The Hidden Rill: The Life and Career of Maria Jane Jewsbury, II”. Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol. 67 , No. 1, The Library, pp. 450-73. 467 Clarke, Norma. Ambitious Heights. Routledge. 156 Espinasse, Francis, and Francis Espinasse. “Maria Jane Jewsbury”. Lancashire Worthies: Second Series, Simpkin, Marshall; John Heywood, pp. 323-39. 330 |
| Friends, Associates | Felicia Hemans | The connection between the male and the female poet was made by Maria Jane Jewsbury
, who was a good friend of the family, Dora Wordsworth
especially. Hemans brought one of her sons on the... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Howitt | In Nottingham MH
met L. E. L.
and perhaps Elizabeth Fry
. She was visited by Mary
and Dora Wordsworth
(wife and daughter of the poet), and later she and her husband stayed with the... |
| Health | Maria Jane Jewsbury | She explained in a letter to Dora Wordsworth
that she thought her illness was caused by a weakness in the upper part of the spine Gillett, Eric, and Maria Jane Jewsbury. “Maria Jane Jewsbury: A Memoir”. Maria Jane Jewsbury: Occasional Papers, Oxford University Press, p. xiii - lxvii. xxix Gillett, Eric, and Maria Jane Jewsbury. “Maria Jane Jewsbury: A Memoir”. Maria Jane Jewsbury: Occasional Papers, Oxford University Press, p. xiii - lxvii. xxx |
| Literary responses | Charlotte Elliott | The hymn was immediately popular, and was a great comfort to Dora Wordsworth
in her final illness. CE
received and preserved over a thousand letters thanking her for having written it. Wells, Amos R. A Treasure of Hymns. Books for Libraries Press. 61 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Reception | Maria Jane Jewsbury | MJJ
wrote to her friend Dora Wordsworth
on 20 January 1829, before the book's publication, saying: if in the course of a fortnight you see Lays of Leisure Hours advertised, pray remember that I only... |
| Travel | Maria Jane Jewsbury | MJJ
paid a second visit to Dora
and William Wordsworth
at Rydal Mount. Gillett, Eric, and Maria Jane Jewsbury. “Maria Jane Jewsbury: A Memoir”. Maria Jane Jewsbury: Occasional Papers, Oxford University Press, p. xiii - lxvii. li |
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