Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Benson Earle Hill
Standard Name: Hill, Benson Earle
Connections
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Family and Intimate relationships | Isabel Hill | IH
's eldest brother, Benson Earle Hill
, ten years older than she was, became her lifelong companion. “FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 181-91 |
Literary responses | Isabel Hill | The Village Tomb-Cutter, which according to IH
's brotherattracted considerable attention, Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 186 |
Material Conditions of Writing | Isabel Hill | IH
and her brothervainly endeavored Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 186 |
Performance of text | Isabel Hill | My Own Twin Brother, a play or farce written collaboratively by IH
and her brother Benson Earle Hill
, was first produced at the English Opera House
. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 186 |
Author summary | Isabel Hill | IH
is best known as a writer for annuals, to which she made at least thirty-four contributions of short stories and comic articles for both children and adults. She wrote six dramas, and also published... |
Publishing | Isabel Hill | In addition to annuals, IH
published in several periodicals; but here, as so often, she encountered problems with stingy proprietors. One notable example was The Monthly Magazine: she supplied it with two highly-praised articles... |
Publishing | Isabel Hill | At the end of the third volume IH
inserted a disclaimer about accuracy: since she had not seen revised proof, she wrote, there might be errors she did not know of; in that case she... |
Publishing | Isabel Hill | IH
's first play, The Poet's Child, a five-act verse tragedy, was published by her brother Benson Earle Hill
in an edition which sold out in a few days. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 182 |
Residence | Isabel Hill | IH
moved, presumably from Bristol, to stay with her brother Benson Hill
at Archcliffe Fort in Dover. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 181 |
Residence | Isabel Hill | IH
moved to London, where for at least half a dozen years she and her brother Benson
lived together at Cecil Street off the Strand. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
Textual Production | Isabel Hill | IH
's five-act tragedy Brian, the Probationer; or, The Red Hand was posthumously published along with a memoir written by her brother Benson Earle Hill
. British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo. |
Textual Production | Isabel Hill | IH
's brother Benson Earle Hill
laments that she destroyed her school journals some years before her death. He claims they were scattered with scraps of verse that demonstrated the germ of her talent. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 181 |
Wealth and Poverty | Isabel Hill | IH
attempted to support herself through writing. In his memoir, Benson Hill
indicates that his sister's earnings were expected to provide necessary income for both of them. Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842. 185, 187 |
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Texts
Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper.