In 1857 relations between Morgan Kavanagh
and his daughter were irreparably strained in what John Sutherland dubs an extraordinary literary quarrel.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Weekes, Ann Owens. Unveiling Treasures. Attic Press, 1993.
Never successful with his own writings (which have been labelled ridiculous, foolish...
Family and Intimate relationships
Julia Kavanagh
JK
's father, Morgan Peter Kavanagh
, was an author of philological and romantic works. He also wrote unregarded epic poetry.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
He and JK
's mother separated in probably about 1847. Sources are divided about...
Residence
Julia Kavanagh
JK
and her mother
left Paris, where they had been living, and settled again in London; this was probably before their final separation from Julia's father
.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Fauset, Eileen. The Politics of Writing: Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77. Manchester University Press, 2009.
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Textual Production
Julia Kavanagh
JK
wrote to the Athenæum to protest about the publication of a novel entitled The Hobbies, written by her father
but allegedly edited by herself.
Fauset, Eileen. The Politics of Writing: Julia Kavanagh, 1824-77. Manchester University Press, 2009.
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Athenæum. J. Lection.
1551 (1857): 909
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
