Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. St Martin’s Press, 1994.
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Thornton Leigh Hunt
Standard Name: Hunt, Thornton Leigh
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | George Eliot | Lewes was married. He and his wife had agreed as rational free-thinkers that monogamy was unnatural. He had thus tolerated her relationship with his friend Thornton Hunt
, and supported her children by Hunt, who... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | George Henry Lewes | GHL
married Agnes Jervis
, who by 1849 was having an affair with his friend and fellow-writer Thornton Hunt
. She and Lewes had four sons and a daughter; the daughter died soon after birth... |
| Friends, Associates | Eliza Lynn Linton | People she met at the Laurences' house included Thornton Leigh Hunt
(who, with his wife, lived at the Laurences'); Smith Williams
, reader for Smith and Elder
; Robert Owen
, socialist; Frank Stone
... |
| Publishing | Eliza Lynn Linton | She intended this novel to open the eyes of its readers to the oppression of women. Her hopes were very high: I confidently expect a success equal to Jane Eyre. This may sound vain... |
| Publishing | George Eliot | At about the same time that GE
took on the Westminster Review, she also began reviewing for The Leader, a weekly recently launched by Thornton Hunt
and George Henry Lewes
. Two uncomplimentary... |
| Textual Production | Charlotte Brontë | CB
declined Thornton Hunt
's invitation to write for the Leader, which he was starting with George Henry Lewes
. |
Timeline
By June 15 1850: Leigh Hunt's Autobiography was published,...
Writing climate item
By June 15 1850
Leigh Hunt
's Autobiography was published, edited by his son Thornton Leigh Hunt
.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Athenæum. J. Lection.
1181(1850): 631
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
30 March 1851: G. H. Lewes and Thornton Hunt launched a...
Writing climate item
30 March 1851
G. H. Lewes
and Thornton Hunt
launched a progressive weekly called The Leader; it ran until 31 December 1859.
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.
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