Gérin, Winifred. Charlotte Brontë: The Evolution of Genius. Clarendon Press, 1967.
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Standard Name: Blair, Hugh
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Mary Taylor | She was a pretty and an able student, often at the top of her class. Taylor, Mary. Mary Taylor, Friend of Charlotte Brontë: Letters from New Zealand and Elsewhere. Editor Stevens, Joan, Auckland University Press; Oxford University Press, 1972. 10 |
| Education | Vernon Lee | VL
was educated in art and literature by her mother Gunn, Peter. Vernon Lee: Violet Paget, 1856-1935. Oxford University Press, 1964. 48 |
| Education | Edna Lyall | Since the cousin with whom she shared lessons was three years older, Ada Ellen read a good many books at that time which must have been far beyond . . . [her] powers. At twelve... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Emma Parker | EP
says she has studied to avoid a dictatorial tone . . . considering herself rather as one of those [women] she is addressing. Parker, Emma. Important Trifles. T. Egerton, 1817. prelims qtd. in Feminist Companion Archive. |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Anna Maria Mackenzie | The title-page quotes Hugh Blair
on the blend in life of good with evil, and of how the evils of a guilty conscience eclipse those of poverty, disease or violence. Mackenzie, Anna Maria. Feudal Events. Minerva Press (William Lane), 1800, 2 vols. 1: title-page |
| Textual Features | Anne Grant | AG
is a conscious artist as a letter-writer, playing with the influence not only of Richardson
but also, in later years, of Hugh Blair
's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres. The earliest letters... |
| Textual Production | Medora Gordon Byron | It was in four volumes, from the Minerva Press
, with a quotation from Francis Bacon
on the title-page, and further chapter-headings from Shakespeare
, Swift
, Prior
, Thomson
, Goldsmith
, Edward Young |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anne Grant | Her range of literary reference and comment is wide: as well as Richardson
(whose Clarissa she unequivocally praises), Grant, Anne. Letters from the Mountains. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809, 3 vols. 2: 45-8 |
Timeline
27 April 1762: The chair of Rhetoric to which Hugh Blair...
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27 April 1762
The chair of Rhetoric to which Hugh Blair
(1718-1800) had been appointed at Edinburgh in 1760 was converted to a Regius Professorship of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres.
Hawkes, Terence. “Dr Blair, the Leavis of the North”. London Review of Books, 18 Feb. 1999, pp. 23-4.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
9 March 1776: Adam Smith published An Inquiry into the...
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9 March 1776
Adam Smith
published An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Sales were much higher than expected by the publisher, William Strahan
, who had produced a print-run of 500...
8 February 1777: The first volume appeared in Edinburgh of...
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8 February 1777
The first volume appeared in Edinburgh of Hugh Blair
's five volumes of exquisitely sentimental
Buchan, James. “That sh—te Creech”. London Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2007, pp. 13-14.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
1783: Hugh Blair published Lectures on Rhetoric...
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1783
Hugh Blair
published Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres.
Hawkes, Terence. “Dr Blair, the Leavis of the North”. London Review of Books, 18 Feb. 1999, pp. 23-4.
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