Butler, Marilyn. Maria Edgeworth: A Literary Biography. Clarendon, 1972.
41-2, 46
Honora Sneyd Edgeworth
Standard Name: Edgeworth, Honora Sneyd
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Anna Seward | It is ironical that AS
, who during her lifetime progressed from suffering the opprobrium reserved for the old maid to suffering sly criticism (behind her back) for the allegedly improper nature of her relationship... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maria Edgeworth | In 1773 Maria was motherless for less than four months before she acquired the first of three successive stepmothers: Honora Sneyd
, with whom Richard Lovell Edgeworth
had recently fallen in love. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Seward | She was nearly fourteen when the five-year-old Honora Sneyd
, whose mother was dead, came to live in the Seward household. Ashmun, Margaret. The Singing Swan. Yale University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. 9-10 |
| Friends, Associates | Anna Seward | Though she lived remote from literary circles, AS
moved from her childhood in an intellectually lively milieu, at that time provided by her parents' exercise of hospitality. Ashmun, Margaret. The Singing Swan. Yale University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931. 7-8 |
| Textual Production | Maria Edgeworth | During the same year, ME
's father
and first stepmother
planned a series of dialogues for children. Their dialogues were to be called Harry and Lucy. Thomas Day
was to contribute to the project... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Seward | The sonnets are written in strict Milton
ic form. One of their favourite themes is love of nature and the countryside; one or two deal with Seward's love for Honora Sneyd
. In rendering Horace... |
Timeline
1782
George Romney
painted a picture to illustrate (after the fact) William Hayley
'a Triumphs of Temper, 1781: Serena, reading Burney
's Evelina. The model was Honora Sneyd
.
1783-89
Thomas Day
anonymously published The History of Sandford and Merton, a didactic book for children in three volumes (the second published in 1786).
Texts
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