Catharine Amy Dawson Scott
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Standard Name: Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson
Birth Name: Catharine Amy Dawson
Married Name: Catharine Amy Scott
Indexed Name: C. A. Dawson Scott
Nickname: Sappho
Nickname: Mrs Sappho
Indexed Name: Catharine Amy Dawson Scott
Used Form: C. A. Dawson-Scott
Used Form: C. A. Dawson Scott
Cornish coast. She also wrote plays, a travel book, short stories, and books about the occult and her psychic experiences. Both her poetry and fiction express her feminist conviction of the necessity of women's sexual, personal, and financial freedom. Her work was progressive for its era, tackling taboo subjects such as domestic violence, adultery, and premarital sex. She achieved critical commendation, but never a particularly wide readership, and is chiefly remembered today for having founded the literary organization
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was first a poet; then after a long break in her publishing career she produced almost twenty novels, including works that make her a significant regional novelist of the Timeline
Texts
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Against the Grain. William Heinemann, 1919.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Beyond. Glaisher, 1912.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Bitter Herbs. William Heinemann, 1923.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Blown by the Wind. Hutchinson, 1926.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Charades for Home Acting. Woodford Fawcett, 1888.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson, and May Sinclair. From Four Who Are Dead. Arrowsmith, 1926.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Idylls of Womanhood. Heinemann, 1892.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Kitty Leslie at the Sea. Hutchinson, 1927.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson, and Mabel Ince. Madcap Jane. Chapman and Hall, 1910.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Mrs. Noakes. Chapman and Hall, 1911.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall. E. Nash, 1911.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Oh! Foolish Kitty. Selwyn and Blount, 1929.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Sappho. Kegan Paul, Trench, 1889.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The Agony Column. Chapman and Hall, 1909.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The Burden. William Heinemann, 1908.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The Caddis-Worm. Hurst and Blackett, 1914.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The Haunting. William Heinemann, 1921.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The Headland. William Heinemann, 1920.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The House in the Hollow. Ernest Benn, 1933.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson, and Frank Rogers. The Seal Princess. George Philip and Son; Philip, Son, and Nephew, 1930.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The Story of Anna Beames. William Heinemann, 1907.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. The Vampire. Robert Holden, 1925.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. They Green Stones. William Heinemann, 1925.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Treasure Trove. William Heinneman, 1909.
Scott, Catharine Amy Dawson. Wastralls. William Heinemann, 1918.