Athenæum. J. Lection.
1184 (1850): 707
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Literary responses | Mary Martin | In his review in the Athenæum, H. F. Chorley
detected the strong influence of Lady Morgan
on the characters and action of this novel. Athenæum. J. Lection. 1184 (1850): 707 |
Literary responses | E. Owens Blackburne | In his brief mention of the novel in Ireland in Fiction, critic Stephen J. Brown
singles out for praise its good descriptions of river scenery. Brown, Stephen J. Ireland in Fiction. Barnes and Noble, 1969, pp. 35-36. 35 |
Literary responses | E. Owens Blackburne | Considering this novel, Stephen J. Brown
suggests that the two chief characters are carefully and consistently drawn, and there are some dramatic scenes. Brown, Stephen J. Ireland in Fiction. Barnes and Noble, 1969, pp. 35-36. 35 |
Literary responses | Selina Bunbury | The Irish Book Lover described SB
's early works as supplying contemporary pictures of the Ireland of the early nineteenth century, as seen by a sympathetic observer of a higher social environment than the other... |
Literary responses | Katherine Cecil Thurston | The parallels with KCT
's own death moved from the realm of rumour and speculation to become literary scholarship in 1916 when the story was reported by Stephen Brown
in Ireland in Fiction. It... |
Literary responses | Harriett Jay | In his 1916Ireland in FictionStephen J. Brown
wrote that The Queen of Connaught was [t]old with considerable power and insight, and particularly drew the readers' attention to the scene of the police hunt... |
Literary responses | Harriett Jay | In the Academy, George Saintsbury
praised the novel as an excellent piece of work, although he thought it too long. He declared: [h]ow [Morna] escapes and returns to Eagle Island, and how poetical justice... |
Literary responses | Harriett Jay | Critical reaction to The Priest's Blessing was again mixed. The Graphic found this powerful study of the heart and mind of a savage unmarred by any word of conventional sentiment. qtd. in Jay, Harriett. My Connaught Cousins. F.V. White, 1883. 3: front matter |
Literary responses | Harriett Jay | Decades later Stephen J. Brown
found the political sentiments here more acceptable than those of The Priest's Blessing. He termed this novel an excellent moral tale, and a glimpse of happy Irish life in... |
Literary responses | May Laffan | Weeds drew little response. In Ireland in Fiction, 1916, Stephen J. Brown
denigrated it as a [l]urid and revolting story of conspiracy and murder. Brown, Stephen J. Ireland in Fiction. New Edition, Burt Franklin, 1970. 132 |
names | Cecil Frances Alexander |
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Publishing | E. Owens Blackburne | EOB
had her first work of fiction accepted for publication in 1869, according to critic Stephen J. Brown
in Ireland in Fiction. It is unclear where this was published, or what its title was... |
Reception | Harriett Jay | As a novelist and playwright she is now mostly forgotten. She was included in Stephen J. Brown
's 1916 Ireland in Fiction, where he reduced her legacy to the authorship of two good novels... |
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