Uglow, Jennifer S. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. Faber and Faber.
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Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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Publishing | Anna Mary Howitt | During her time in Munich and her briefer time in Oberammergau, AMH
wrote articles which were published in the Ladies' Companion, the Athenæum, and Household Words. Her description of the Oberammergau passion... |
Friends, Associates | Isabella Neil Harwood | The position of her father
as a journal editor put INH
in contact with several well-known authors of the time. She attended a party with her parents at the house of Dr Westland Marston
... |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Gaskell | The artistic pursuits of EG
's daughter Meta produced friendships with John Ruskin
and with Pre-RaphaelitesWilliam Holman Hunt
and Dante Gabriel Rossetti
. Uglow, Jennifer S. Elizabeth Gaskell: A Habit of Stories. Faber and Faber. 455 |
Textual Production | Ford Madox Ford | FMF
published a volume of art criticism, Rossetti
: A Critical Essay on His Art, in 1902. He followed this with a work of social criticism, The Soul of London, 1905, which he... |
Literary Setting | Michael Field | The preface addresses the problems of writing historical fiction: A few hard facts are before us, a murder, an abduction, a marriage; with regard to none of these events can Mary Stuart's will be known... |
Literary responses | Michael Field | In a letter, George Meredith
called MF
's characterization of Mary an arresting study.. Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray. 71 Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray. 70 |
Textual Production | Eleanor Farjeon | |
Intertextuality and Influence | Margiad Evans | As a story-teller Evans has a sure grasp, making every tiny detail contribute to an effect which is understated but emotionally powerful. The named character in Miss Potts and Music is largely a peg for... |
Literary responses | George Eliot | Many friends of GE
including Edith J. Simcox
, plus biographers such as Gordon S. Haight
, believed that readers had reason to be grateful to G. H. Lewes
for his tireless protection of GE |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Sara Jeannette Duncan | The novel concerns an American writer, Elfrida Bell, from Sparta, Illinois, who is seen as a product of the fin-de-siècle. Her role as a francophile who champions the poetry of Rossetti
and Swinburne
places... |
Textual Production | Isa Craig | This volume included contributions by herself, Bessie Rayner Parkes
, and Mary Howitt
, as well as two poems by the Rossettis: Christina
's A Royal Princess and Dante Gabriel
's Sudden Light. The... |
Textual Features | Blanche Warre Cornish | Others are more creative. She asked another shy English girl whether she would rather have had Shelley, Keats, or Byron for a lover, and on receiving no answer she continued: I'd give all three of... |
Occupation | Lewis Carroll | He was also an early photographer of some note, who took portraits of John Ruskin
, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
, and Alfred Lord Tennyson
. Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Butts | His forebears had strong links with the artistic world. While he himself was a friend of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti
, Mary's great-grandfather, Captain Thomas Butts
, had been a patron of William Blake |
Occupation | Robert Williams Buchanan | RWB
was a poet, essayist, novelist, and playwright. After arriving in London in 1859, he was engaged by the Athenæum. He wrote for several other periodicals, and became known for his attacks on Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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