Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington,. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Princeton University Press, pp. 3-114.
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Publishing | Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington | It is a point of debate among scholars whether Blessington saw and used the memoirs of himself which Byron
wrote but later burned. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington,. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Princeton University Press, pp. 3-114. 7 |
Friends, Associates | Harriet Martineau | For nearly six years she was an invalid, though she was able to work very productively for the first few years and remained well enough to receive visitors. She was helped financially by two female... |
Reception | Harriet Martineau | She had made up her mind to accept a mooted pension in 1832, but it never materialised and she came to feel that her independence of mind was too precious to accept such an obligation.... |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Harriet Martineau | Among her subjects are Lady Byron
(an occasion for HM
to deplore Byron
's conduct and influence), Mary Berry
, Mary Russell Mitford
, Charlotte Brontë
, Jane Marcet
, Amelia Opie
, Mary Somerville |
Textual Production | Edna O'Brien | In Byron
in Love, EOB
presented a vivid gallery of the poet's lovers, but more especially his relationships with his wife, Isabella Milbanke
, and his half-sister, Augusta Leigh
. Blackwell’s Online Bookshop. http://Bookshop.Blackwell.co.uk. |
Friends, Associates | Bessie Rayner Parkes | In later years she became friendly with hymn-writer Elizabeth Rundle Charles
. Lowndes, Marie Belloc. I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia. Macmillan. 338 |
Textual Production | George Paston | GP
had discovered these letters—written by, among others, Elizabeth Pigot
, Lady Caroline Lamb
, Augusta Leigh
, Lady Melbourne
, Annabella Milbanke
, Claire Clairmont
, and the actresses Susan Boyce
and Mrs Spencer... |
politics | Marion Reid | In June 1840, MR
attended the General Anti-Slavery Convention in London, together with Anna Brownell Jameson
, Amelia Opie
, and Lady Byron
. She was the only Scotswoman present. Johnston, Judith. Anna Jameson: Victorian, Feminist, Woman of Letters. Scolar Press. xii Ewan, Elizabeth et al. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women : From the Earliest Times to 2004. Edinburgh University Press. |
Textual Production | Harriet Beecher Stowe | |
Author summary | Harriet Beecher Stowe | HBS
is best known for the highly sentimental and influential anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, although she also authored several other novels, short stories, children's stories, pamphlets, a good deal of journalism, and a... |
Travel | Harriet Beecher Stowe | She was received by Dickens
, Lady Byron
, Anna Jameson
, the Lord Mayor of London, and various members of the nobility. Hedrick, Joan. Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life. Oxford University Press. 233, 234 Adams, John R. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Twayne. 44-5 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Harriet Beecher Stowe | She also published articles in the Atlantic Monthly between 1857 and 1879. She wrote of slavery and emancipation, and of domestic topics. Her Sojourner Truth
. The Libyan Sybil appeared in April 1963, and The... |
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