Benson Earle Hill

Standard Name: Hill, Benson Earle

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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.
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Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842.
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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.
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was among the stories published in the Forget-Me-Not.
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.
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to understand why Germaine de Staël should be included in a standard English collection. Her translation was performed strictly with the object of profit, as she professed a...
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.
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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.
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Residence Isabel Hill
IH moved, presumably from Bristol, to stay with her brother Benson Hill at Archcliffe Fort in Dover.
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Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Feb. 1842.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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Hill, Benson Earle. “Memoir of the Late Isabel Hill”. The Monthly Magazine, Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper.