William Cowper

Thomas mentioned three of her previous books on the title-page along with her pseudonym, as had become her custom. She quotes Cowper on her title-page; contrary to her previous practice, she supplies no citations for...

In 1793 CF corresponded with William Cowper 's friend Lady Hesketh , and through her, with Cowper himself. Mary Russell Mitford concurs in calling CF an excellent letter-writer.

This includes poems on Elizabeth Heyrick , William Cowper , and Sir Walter Scott , A Prayer: for the Slaves, Delicacy: Inscribed to the Ladies, several of natural description, and yet others on...

The title piece is a lyrical drama depicting, largely in the form of a conversation between two angels, the crucifixion of Christ. Among the accompanying pieces were several on literary personages or topics: To Mary Russell Mitford

She includes a few poems on literary subjects: sonnets on the works of John Milton and William Cowper (as edited by Robert Southey ), a sonnet about reading her own youthful diary, and another on...

DW does not write as a promoter. To her the Fens as a whole—including the Norfolk marsh-land—are dismally uninspiring from a scenic point of view. She has no romantic illusions about pastoral life:...

SW takes steps to prevent the cause of slavery entirely dominating her work, which, she announces, it will be devoted to the cause of suffering animals as well as to that of suffering men.