Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, first Earl Lytton

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Standard Name: Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton,,, first Earl
Birth Name: Edward Robert Bulwer
Self-constructed Name: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton
Titled: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Titled: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl Lytton
Pseudonym: Owen Meredith

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Textual Production Matilda Betham-Edwards
MBE selected and introduced the Poems of Owen Meredith (the Earl of Lytton), in the year preceding Lytton's death.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Family and Intimate relationships Isa Blagden
IB nursed Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton , diplomat, author, and son of Rosina Bulwer Lytton , through a serious bout of gastric fever.
Raymond, William O. “Our Lady of Bellosguardo: A Pastel Portrait”. University of Toronto Quarterly, Vol.
xii
, pp. 446-63.
450
Browning, Robert, and Isa Blagden. “Introduction”. Dearest Isa: Robert Browning’s Letters to Isabella Blagden, edited by Edward C. McAleer, Greenwood Press, p. xix - xxxiii.
xxviii
Literary responses Isa Blagden
Henry James dismissed IB 's novels as the inevitable nice novel or two of the wandering English spinster.
West, Rebecca. Harriet Hume. Lester and Orpen Dennys.
446
IB 's texts have received scant critical attention, and the little which has been published frequently...
Literary responses Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Robert Buchanan in the Athenæum speculated that the author was a woman, and called the poem a rhythmical paraphrase of the prose popularized by the Times Correspondents.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1739 (1861): 259
He detected the influence of...
Friends, Associates Florence Dixie
When she was only fifteen Lady Florence had a chance encounter with Edward Bulwer-Lytton , with whom she formed a precocious friendship.
Roberts, Brian. Ladies in the Veld. John Murray.
81
Dixie, Florence, and William Stewart Ross. The Story of Ijain. Leadenhall Press.
181-2
Textual Production Florence Dixie
Back in Scotland the summer she was fourteen, FD rewrote The Doom of Cain and submitted it to the editor of a renowned magazine hailing from Edinburgh.
Dixie, Florence, and William Stewart Ross. The Story of Ijain. Leadenhall Press.
153
The next year, when she was fifteen,...
Dedications Florence Dixie
She was by this time a seasoned author. She dedicated the book to Edward Bulwer-Lytton , who had encouraged the idea of publication when she was still in her teens,
Roberts, Brian. Ladies in the Veld. John Murray.
81
as a kindred spirit...
Family and Intimate relationships Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton
On 8 November 1831, Edward Bulwer 's second child with his wife Rosina , Edward Robert Bulwer , was born. He grew up to be a writer like both of his parents, as well as a diplomat.
Sadleir, Michael. Bulwer: A Panorama. Constable.
161
Friends, Associates Violet Fane
Her father had literary friends, and among them introduced her to Edward Bulwer-Lytton (probably the father rather than the son ), Edward FitzGerald , and George Borrow .
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Intertextuality and Influence Matilda Hays
Woven into the novel is considerable commentary on the art, music, and literary productions of the day. Quotations are given from or allusions made to a wide range of authors including Tennyson , Longfellow (used...
Birth Constance Lytton
Lady CL was born in Vienna, where her father was then at the British embassy.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Textual Production Constance Lytton
CL wrote about her father in response to a request from Albert Broadbent , who was to publish a Treasury of the late Lord Lytton's poetry.
Lytton, Constance. Letters of Constance Lytton. Editor Elizabeth Edith, Countess of Balfour, Heinemann.
19
Family and Intimate relationships Constance Lytton
CL 's father, Edward Robert Bulwer (first earl Lytton) or Owen Meredith, was a child of the abusive marriage between two writers, Rosina Bulwer Lytton and Edward Bulwer (later Bulwer-Lytton). Edward Robert became a...
Family and Intimate relationships Maria Riddell
Her daughter, Anna Maria , married a naval officer, Charles Montagu Walker , and had eight children. Most of her inheritance vanished in mortgages and contested ownership. One of MR 's grandsons took an interest...
Wealth and Poverty Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton
Following the death of her estranged husband in January 1873, the son of Rosina Bulwer Lytton, Baroness Lytton , raised her living allowance by £200 per annum.
Devey, Louisa. Life of Rosina, Lady Lytton. Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery, http://U. of Toronto.
382

Timeline

By 14 April 1855: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published his...

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By 14 April 1855

Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published his first book of poetry, Clytemnestra, The Earl's Return, The Artist, and Other Poems, as Owen Meredith.

April 1860: As Owen Meredith, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton...

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April 1860

As Owen Meredith, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published his successful verse novelLucile.

By 24 August 1861: Writing under the pseudonyms Edward Trevor...

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By 24 August 1861

Writing under the pseudonyms Edward Trevor and Neville Temple, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton and Julian Fane published the poemTannhäuser, inspired by Wagner 's libretto.

1874: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published another...

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1874

Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton published another poetry collection, Fables in Song, in two volumes.

1892: Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton's blank verse...

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1892

Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton 's blank verse allegoryKing Poppy: A Story Without End appeared posthumously.

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