EM
's early literary friends included Edward Lovibond
, a Surrey poet who (she says in her verse collection) trained her in poetry, George Hardinge
, a distinguished lawyer and also a writer,
Waters, Mary A. British Women Writers and the Profession of Literary Criticism, 1789-1832. Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
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under Hardinge
Literary responses
Elizabeth Inchbald
Friends advised EI
to destroy her satire, but she was loth to do so. The question at issue was whether the authorities would recognise the king in the guise she had given him. First George Hardinge
Occupation
Helen Maria Williams
HMW
achieved early success as a poet. George Hardinge
was trying in autumn 1786 to secure her a Court position similar to that of Frances Burney
. He did not succeed in this attempt.
Kennedy, Deborah. Helen Maria Williams and the Age of Revolution. Bucknell University Press, 2002.