Anne Francis
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was both a scholar and a poet. Her four poetry volumes, published during the 1780s, are closely and ambitiously related to the traditions of classical, biblical, and English literature. Her collected volume shows that she wrote across most of the forms and styles then fashionable. During the radical 1790s she took to periodical and broadside publication to bolster the reactionary side of the political divide.
- BirthName: Anne GittinsSources give her Christian name variously as Ann or Anne. She used Ann on her first title-page, Anne on her last two.
- Married: Francis
- Pseudonym: A. F.
- Indexed: Ann Francis