Little is known about Letitia's mother, Catherine Landon
, née Bishop.
Glennis Stephenson (later Byron)
spells the name in her biography and in the ODNB with a C; Jerome McGann
and Daniel Riess
spell...
Family and Intimate relationships
L. E. L.
Scholar Cynthia Lawford
notes that Stuart was the maiden name of Jerdan's mother, and that this name is a variant of that of the famous Lady Arbella Stuart
, who had briefly stayed in LEL's...
Reception
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
The first monograph feminist studies of EBB
were by Helen Cooper
, 1988, and Angela Leighton
,1989. Other significant studies have appeared by Deirdre David
(in Intellectual Women and Victorian Patriarchy, 1987), Glennis Stephenson (later Byron)
Reception
L. E. L.
More recently, however, LEL has been subject to critical revaluation, as feminist critics have questioned the historical processes and aesthetic standards that led to her exclusion from the literary canon, and are developing increasingly complex...
Residence
L. E. L.
Biographer Glennis Stephenson (later Byron)
points out that LEL left the family almost immediately after her father's death, which suggests that her ties to her mother were weak. Landon preferred to live in the city...
Timeline
No timeline events available.
Texts
Stephenson, Glennis. Letitia Landon: The Woman Behind L.E.L. Manchester University Press, 1995.
