Mary Collyer

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Standard Name: Collyer, Mary
Birth Name: Mary Mitchell
Married Name: Mary Collyer
Pseudonym: The Author of the First Volume
Pseudonym: The Author of Felicia to Charlotte
Pseudonym: The Editor of the Death of Abel
Used Form: A Lady
Used Form: the translator of The Virtuous Orphan
MC wrote, it seems, at least two novels (her canon is still under debate), and translated and adapted the work of others as a matter of business. The sentimental tone of her original work, Felicia to Charlotte, 1744, perfectly caught the current taste, and made her a great success. She also wrote what is probably the earliest book of stories for children. Since all her publications were anonymous, they used often to be attributed to her husband.

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Intertextuality and Influence Ada Leverson
Of the stories, Claude's Aunt presents a tale (reminiscent of Restoration comedy) of women jockeying over the manipulation of a young man, either into an affair with an older woman or marriage with a young...
Textual Production Elizabeth Meeke
EM 's completion of Mary Collyer 's translation of Klopstock (The Messiah) appeared, bearing her name.
British Library Catalogue.
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Textual Production Mary Robinson
She told Jane Porter on 27 August 1800 that this translation (which she began and finished in ten days although she was seriously ill) was a torment to her.
Robinson, Mary. The Works of Mary Robinson. Brewer, William D.Editor , Pickering and Chatto, 2010.
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Timeline

1749
Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock published Der Messias, a religiouspoem in three cantos.
January 1761
Joseph Collyer , husband of the writer Mary Collyer , published The Parents & Guardians Directory, and the Youth's Guide, in the Choice of a Profession or Trade.
1780
James Harrison (hitherto chiefly known as a music publisher) began to issue the handsomely-produced Novelists' Magazine, a weekly serial reprinting of canonical novels.
January 1781-December 1782
The Lady's Poetical Magazine, or Beauties of British Poetry appeared, published by James Harrison in four half-yearly numbers; it is arguable whether or not it kept the first number's promise of generous selections of work...