Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 153. Gale Research, 1995.
153: 45
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Dedications | Marjorie Bowen | MB
dedicated The Glen o' Weeping, her third historical novel, to Mark Twain
, in gratitude for his support of her first book, The Viper of Milan. Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 153. Gale Research, 1995. 153: 45 TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive. 78 (10 May 1907): 151 |
Education | Jan Morris | Morris's mother, who liked to have several books in different languages on the go at the same time, taught eclectic reading to her child. Both Lewis CarrollAlice in Wonderland and Mark TwainHuckleberry Finn made a great impression... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothy Richardson | |
Friends, Associates | Harriet Beecher Stowe | It was before he became famous as Mark Twain that Clemens
became Stowe's neighbour on Forest Street, Hartford. |
Friends, Associates | May Sinclair | On this tour she met both with President Theodore Roosevelt
and with Mark Twain
. Zegger, Hrisey Dimitrakis. May Sinclair. Twayne, 1976. 23 |
Friends, Associates | Elinor Glyn | In the USAEG
met Mark Twain
, whom she thought the wittiest creature imaginable. Glyn, Elinor. Romantic Adventure. E. P. Dutton, 1937. 144 |
Intertextuality and Influence | Rebecca Harding Davis | Jean Pfaelzer
has admired its world of complex moral choices. qtd. in Pfaelzer, Jean. Parlor Radical: Rebecca Harding Davis and the Origins of American Social Realism. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. 236 |
Literary responses | Elinor Glyn | EG
's close friend Lady Warwick
, when shown the finished manuscript of this book, warned EG
not to publish it, or she would tarnish or ruin her reputation. Glyn, Anthony. Elinor Glyn. Hutchinson, 1968. 127 Hardwick, Joan. Addicted to Romance: The Life and Adventures of Elinor Glyn. Andre Deutsch, 1994. 119 |
Literary responses | Marjorie Bowen | Critically, the book was very well received. Edward Wagenknecht
in the New York Times Book Review enthused over MB
's settings, calling her a genius in the creation of atmosphere, qtd. in Johnson, George M., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 153. Gale Research, 1995. 153: 45 |
Literary responses | Sarah Grand | Feminists, social reformers, and literary men, such as Mark Twain
, George Meredith
, and George Bernard Shaw
, greeted this novel with excitement and appreciation. Mitchell, Sally, and Sarah Grand. “Introduction”. The Beth Book, Thoemmes, 1994, p. v - xxiv. vi |
Literary responses | Marjorie Bowen | MB
was admired in her own day by others who prided themselves on the popular touch in their writing: Mark Twain
, Walter de la Mare
, Compton Mackenzie
, and Hugh Walpole
, who... |
Literary responses | Augusta Gregory | The collection was widely admired when it first appeared in print. Yeats
praised it in his preface as the best book that has come out of Ireland in my time qtd. in McDiarmid, Lucy et al. “Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography”. Selected Writings, Penguin, 1995, pp. xi - xliv, 525. xxviii |
Literary responses | Sarah Orne Jewett | Willa Cather
, in her preface to a collection of SOJ
's Best Stories (1925), reflected a common critical perception in suggesting that Jewett would go down in literary history as a regional writer: the... |
Literary responses | L. M. Montgomery | The novel had six editions before November 1908; its instant success brought sometimes unwanted celebrity to the author. She was pleased, however, to receive an admiring letter from Mark Twain
. Many of the reviews... |
Literary responses | Amanda McKittrick Ros | Other commentators, such as Mark Twain
and Aldous Huxley
, however, valued the uniqueness of her style. Twain found her enchanting. Huxley cited her as highly prized by her readers, qtd. in Ros, Amanda McKittrick. “Introduction”. Thine in Storm and Calm, edited by Frank Ormsby, Blackstaff Press, 1988, pp. 1-22. 1 |
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