MacNaughton, Angus. Burns’ Mrs Riddell. A Biography. Volturna Press, 1975.
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Friends, Associates | Maria Riddell | She had already by this date, on a visit to London, met Boswell
, the biographer, and found him a stranger biped than any she knew. MacNaughton, Angus. Burns’ Mrs Riddell. A Biography. Volturna Press, 1975. 63 |
Literary responses | Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre | The early translations by Barbarina Wilmot (later BBBD
) received flattering praise from Thomas James Mathias
, at that time, perhaps, the highest authority this country could boast, in Italian literature. Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre,. Translations from the Italian. C. Whittingham, 1836. prelims |
Textual Features | Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre | |
Textual Features | Sarah Green | M. G. Lewis
is a more complicated case, treated with some nuance. SG
admires The Monk but feels that after that Lewis's real talent was obscured by the baneful influence of German fiction: she agrees... |
Textual Production | Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre | The modesty in these prefatory remarks seems to relate only or chiefly to her plays, but the first poems in the collection (versions of Petrarch
) are preceded by a sonnet to Thomas James Mathias |
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