Christianson, Aileen. “Jane Welsh Carlyle’s Private Writing Career”. A History of Scottish Women’s Writing, edited by Douglas Gifford and Dorothy McMillan, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 232-45.
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Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Travel | Charlotte Brontë | She stayed at the house of handsome, unmarried George Smith
, of Smith, Elder, and Co.
, and his mother. The night before she left, they hosted a dinner for critics, including John Forster
and... |
Friends, Associates | Jane Welsh Carlyle | As his fame grew, Thomas was increasingly invited to the homes of London's political and intellectual elite, while Jane moved in her own social circle, which included Charles Dickens
, John Forster
, Giuseppe Mazzini |
Textual Production | Jane Welsh Carlyle | From her youth to her death JWC
was a prolific letter-writer: more than three thousand of her letters survive. Christianson, Aileen. “Jane Welsh Carlyle’s Private Writing Career”. A History of Scottish Women’s Writing, edited by Douglas Gifford and Dorothy McMillan, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 232-45. 232 |
Friends, Associates | Charles Dickens | As one of the leading literary figures of the period, CD
had an extensive social network. His early acquaintances in publishing included Richard Bentley
, William Harrison Ainsworth
, and John Forster
(who later became... |
Friends, Associates | Lucie Duff Gordon | Her friends and acquaintances included (besides Caroline Norton
, a particularly close friend) politicians Lord Lansdowne
and Lord Monteagle
; writers William Thackeray
, Charles Dickens
, Emily Eden
, Elliot Warburton
, Alfred Tennyson |
Friends, Associates | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton | His friends included Benjamin Disraeli
, Charles Dickens
, John Forster
, and Thomas Babington Macaulay
. Later in life he conducted a long, mentoring friendship by letter with Mary Elizabeth Braddon
. He also... |
Friends, Associates | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, first Earl Lytton | His international travel and family ties to England's literary scene ensured him a wide social circle. He knew Charles Dickens
, John Forster
, and Frances Mary Peard
. While living in Florence, he became... |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Gaskell | EG
was glad to escape the storm of controversy that her novel had raised in Manchester, and to be feted in London. She already knew Mary Howitt and Geraldine Jewsbury
(who lived in Manchester). Although... |
Publishing | Elizabeth Gaskell | EG
gave the manuscript of Mary Barton to William Howitt
for his advice—he later claimed to have suggested the novel—and he in turn showed it to John Forster
, a reader for Chapman and Hall |
Literary responses | Elizabeth Gaskell | The Athenæum's Henry Fothergill Chorley
said that we have met with few pictures of life among the working classes at once so forcible and so fair as Mary Barton. Easson, Angus, editor. Elizabeth Gaskell: The Critical Heritage. Routledge. 62 |
Wealth and Poverty | Geraldine Jewsbury | Mary Aitken Carlyle
and John Forster
aided in the campaign. The twenty-two names in support of her application included Alfred Tennyson
, Thomas Carlyle
, John Ruskin
, and Thomas Hardy
. Harriet
and George Grote
were also involved. Howe, Susanne. Geraldine Jewsbury: Her Life and Errors. George Allen and Unwin. xi,187 |
Dedications | Geraldine Jewsbury | It is dedicated to her friend John Forster
. Mercer, Edmund. “Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury”. Manchester Quarterly, Vol. 17 , pp. 301-21. 312 |
Family and Intimate relationships | L. E. L. | LEL
and John Forster
, editor of The Examiner, became engaged, but she rapidly terminated the arrangement. L. E. L.,. “Critical Materials”. Letitia Elizabeth Landon: Selected Writings, edited by Jerome McGann and Daniel Riess, Broadview, p. various pages. 33 Stephenson, Glennis. Letitia Landon: The Woman Behind L.E.L. Manchester University Press. 47 |
Friends, Associates | Eliza Lynn Linton | Through the theological writer Dr Robert Herbert Brabant
(an early admirer of George Eliot), Lynn at this time met Walter Savage Landor
, whom she had long admired, and with whom she became close friends... |
Textual Production | Eliza Lynn Linton | ELL
was a prejudiced reviewer of John Forster
's life of Walter Savage Landor
, which made no mention of her, though she had been important in Landor's life. She said complacently of her review,... |
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