qtd. in
Kunitz, Stanley J., editor. British Authors of the Nineteenth Century. H. W. Wilson Company, 1936.
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Cultural formation | Catherine Crowe | CC
referred to herself as a disciple of Scottish phrenologist George Combe
. qtd. in Kunitz, Stanley J., editor. British Authors of the Nineteenth Century. H. W. Wilson Company, 1936. |
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 |
Friends, Associates | George Eliot | At the beginning of February GE
had already been hoping that her friendship with Parkes (a dear, ardent, honest creature) would be close. qtd. in Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton, 1996. 95 |
Friends, Associates | George Eliot | On her first return from abroad to set up house with Lewes, GE
had to undertake damage control in managing her friendships. She was anxious about the probable reaction of old friends like the Brays... |
Health | Isabella Hamilton Robinson | IHR
was said to have been temperamental, given to periods of depression and others of excitability. She experienced health complications after the birth of her third child, including severe headaches and menstrual problems, and became... |
Intertextuality and Influence | Catherine Crowe | CC
's humanitarian interests (probably influenced by George Combe
) led to her publish The Juvenile Uncle Tom's Cabin, an abridged version for young readers of Harriet Beecher Stowe
's famous work. Kunitz, Stanley J., editor. British Authors of the Nineteenth Century. H. W. Wilson Company, 1936. Shattock, Joanne. The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers. Oxford University Press, 1993. |
Intertextuality and Influence | Catherine Crowe | The work was inspired by Scottish phrenologist George Combe
, whose disciple CC
declared herself. He influenced her to write on the subjects of phrenology, physiology, and spiritualism. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1685 (1860): 201 |
Reception | Isabella Hamilton Robinson | But it remained uncertain if the journal constituted sufficient evidence to incriminate Dr Lane. It suggested intimacy but did not describe specific sexual acts, and its truth-telling was called into question. Summerscale, Kate. Mrs. Robinson’s Disgrace. 1st ed., Bloomsbury USA, 2012. 116, 117 |
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