Rizzo, Betty. “Molly Leapor: An Anxiety for Influence”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol.
4
, 1991, pp. 313-43. 327-8
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Friends, Associates | Mary Martha Sherwood | MMS
judged Anna Seward
to be greedy for flattery, especially from the opposite sex. In 1799 she met Hannah More
, who was then at the height of her fame and to whom admittance was... |
Friends, Associates | Samuel Richardson | His close friends, too, included a remarkable number of writing women: among others Sarah Fielding
, sister of his literary arch-rival, Jane Collier
, Hester Mulso (later Chapone)
, Susanna Highmore (later Duncombe)
, and... |
Friends, Associates | Mary Masters | Among the households where she lived were those of Elizabeth Carter
(who sometimes read her work and discussed it with her) and of Edward Cave
(the proprietor of the Gentleman's Magazine). It was Carter... |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Carter | EC
associated on terms of warmth and equality with men of letters or culture such as Samuel Johnson
, Samuel Richardson
, Thomas Birch
, Moses Browne
, Richard Savage
, William
and John Duncombe |
Friends, Associates | Hester Mulso Chapone | Hester Mulso became a member of Samuel Richardson
's circle (as depicted in the well-known drawing by Susanna Highmore
), and engaged with him in lively debate on the position, status, and duties of unmarried... |
Literary responses | Catherine Talbot | Susanna Duncombe
published in the Gentleman's Magazine for June 1772 a Sketch of the Character of the Author of Reflections on the Seven Days of the Week, and Essays on Various Subjects, which sensitively... |
Literary responses | Mary Leapor | This volume attracted attention from Samuel Richardson
, Christopher Smart
, and the young William Cowper
, as well as from its chief promoters, John Duncombe
and Susanna Highmore
. Rizzo, Betty. “Molly Leapor: An Anxiety for Influence”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol. 4 , 1991, pp. 313-43. 327-8 |
Literary responses | Mary Leapor | The Monthly Review excerpted generously from ML
's book and remarked that some letters of this extraordinary young woman . . . have a solidity in them far beyond what could be expected from one... |
Publishing | Sarah Fielding | The work was dedicated to Lady Pomfret
. Its 440 subscribers included many prominent people, reflecting the bluestockings' range of influence as well as SF
's local and family connections: Ralph Allen
, Lord Chesterfield |
Publishing | Elizabeth Carter | The book had gone to press in June 1757. Feminist Companion Archive. |
Textual Production | Mary Leapor | The arrangements for publication had not been entirely smooth sailing. ML
was insulted when Freemantle predicted that the book might make her £10. Rizzo, Betty. “Molly Leapor: An Anxiety for Influence”. The Age of Johnson, edited by Paul J. Korshin, Vol. 4 , 1991, pp. 313-43. 322 |
Textual Production | Frances Brooke | Susanna Duncombe
offered FB
permission to use (for her life of Richardson
) Duncombe's now well-known sketch of him reading aloud. McMullen, Lorraine. An Odd Attempt in a Woman: The Literary Life of Frances Brooke. University of British Columbia Press, 1983. 188 |
Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Angela Thirkell | The first house is that of her Burne-Jonesgrandparents
: The Grange, North End Lane, Fulham. Thirkell, Angela. Three Houses. Robin Clark, 1986. 11-14 |
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