Fowke, Martha, and William Bond. The Epistles of Clio and Strephon. J. Hooke.
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Travel | Martha Fowke | During her correspondence with William Bond
she claimed to be living mostly in France, near Paris. Fowke, Martha, and William Bond. The Epistles of Clio and Strephon. J. Hooke. 107 Lonsdale, Roger, editor. Eighteenth-Century Women Poets. Oxford University Press. 84 |
Textual Production | Martha Fowke | MF
may have done some writing for The Plain Dealer, which was run and edited by her two friends or lovers: Hill
and Bond
. Fowke, Martha. “Introduction”. Clio, edited by Phyllis J. Guskin, University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses, pp. 15-50. 34 Brewster, Dorothy. Aaron Hill, Poet, Dramatist, Projector. Columbia University Press. 154 |
Textual Production | Martha Fowke | The pseudonymous The Epistles of Clio and Strephon (i.e. MF
and William Bond
) appeared in print, containing letters punctuated by poems. Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press. Fowke, Martha. “Introduction”. Clio, edited by Phyllis J. Guskin, University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses, pp. 15-50. 15, 44n2 |
Reception | Martha Fowke | This notice compared Fowke to her advantage with both Orinda and Astrea (Katherine Philips
and Aphra Behn
), and added: When Love's thy Theme, no low Desire appears, / Chaste are thy Sighs, seraphick... |
Publishing | Martha Fowke | A second edition of MF
's and William Bond
's The Epistles of Clio and Strephon was published by Edmund Curll
. Monthly Catalogue, 1723-1730. Gregg Press. Foxon, David F. English Verse 1701-1750. Cambridge University Press. Baines, Paul, and Pat Rogers. Edmund Curll, Bookseller. Clarendon Press. 207 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Martha Fowke | Her writings present herself as erotically involved with other writers. According to scholar Phyllis Guskin, she had an intense affair with Nicholas Hope
, a married lawyer from Barbados who also wrote poetry, not long... |