Elizabeth Hands
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Standard Name: Hands, Elizabeth
Birth Name: Elizabeth Herbert
Married Name: Elizabeth Hands
Pseudonym: Daphne
, a mid-eighteenth-century labouring-class poet, is of interest for the literary quality of her work (in pastoral, narrative poetry/biblical paraphrase, and satire) and also as an example of writing and publishing without the usual support of education and social standing.
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Texts
Hands, Elizabeth. The Death of Amnon. Printed for the Author, 1789.