Athenæum. J. Lection.
1375 (1854): 278
Catherine de Medici
Standard Name: Medici, Catherine de
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Camilla Crosland | The Athenæum deemed that this book could be placed safely in the hands of young women. |
| Textual Features | Henrietta Euphemia Tindal | HET
hoped in this volume to have spoken in the language of truth and nature to the hearts Tindal, Henrietta Euphemia. Lines and Leaves. Chapman and Hall, 1850. preface |
| Textual Features | Anne Dowriche | Randall Martin notes how Dowriche's use of Gentillet/Patrick brings her work into the anti-Machiavel tradition. Her Machiavel is a female one: Catherine de Medici
(which was not unusual). Her Catherine speaks in gendered terms when... |
| Textual Production | Jean Plaidy | JP
published under this name the first historical novel in her trilogy on Catherine de Medici
(queen consort of Henri II, King of France
): Madame Serpent. Sturch, Elizabeth. “Review of Madame Serpent by Jean Plaidy”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 2586, p. 529. 529 |
| Textual Production | Ellen Wood | EW
, then Ellen Price
, began writing in childhood with compositions that included poetic lives of Lady Jane Grey
and Catherine de Medici
. None of these early works survive. Voller, Jack. “The Ellen Wood (Mrs Henry Wood) Website”. The Literary Gothic: Wood, Ellen Price (Mrs. Henry). |
| Textual Production | Louisa Stuart Costello | LSC
published a historical novel, The Queen
's Poisoner; or, France in the Sixteenth Century: A Romance. Athenæum. J. Lection. 708 (1841): 404 |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Montagu | EM
entertained the idea of writing about Elizabeth I
: perhaps a comparison between her and Catherine de Medici
. She had long taken an interest in Elizabeth as a masculine woman exercising power: had... |
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