Whatever was the exact nature and function of KP
's Society of Friendship
, it was a group which she built for herself, to overcome the solitude of Wales and bind herself to like-minded friends...
Publishing
Katherine Philips
Richard Marriott
resigned his rights in KP
's poems, preparing the way for Sir Charles Cotterell
's posthumous edition, Poems by the most deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the Matchless Orinda, which appeared the same year.
Philips, Katherine. “Introduction and Textual Notes”. The Collected Works of Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda, Volume I: The Poems, edited by Patrick Thomas, Stump Cross Books, 1990, pp. 1-68.
22, 51-2
Publishing
Katherine Philips
Another edition of KP
's Letters from Orinda to Poliarchus was published by Lintot
, priced at half a crown.
The Monthly Chronicle. Aaron Ward.
Textual Production
Katherine Philips
KP
sent Sir Charles Cotterell
or Cottrell her poem To her royal highnesse the Dutchesse of Yorke, asking him to revise it before showing it to the recipient.
Greer has shifted from spelling Cotterell to Cottrell.
Greer, Germaine. “Editorial Conundra in the Texts of Katherine Philips”. Editing Women, edited by Ann M. Hutchison, University of Toronto Press, 1998, pp. 79-100.
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KP
wrote the first of the letters to Poliarchus (Sir Charles Cotterell
) which were published after her death and his.
Philips, Katherine. “Introduction and Textual Notes”. The Collected Works of Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda, Volume II: The Letters, edited by Patrick Thomas, Stump Cross Books, 1992, p. xi - xviii.
2: v-vii
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KP
's side of her correspondence with Cotterell
was posthumously published as Letters from Orinda to Poliarchus.
Philips, Katherine. “Introduction and Textual Notes”. The Collected Works of Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda, Volume II: The Letters, edited by Patrick Thomas, Stump Cross Books, 1992, p. xi - xviii.
2: xviii
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Lord Orrery
oversaw the sumptuous production; Joseph Ashbury
, actor and theatre manager, took the title role. KP
had written the play since her arrival in Dublin the previous year: she had at least one...
Textual Production
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Her first letters published were not the famous ones to Poliarchus, but four to Berenice (probably Lady Elizabeth Ker
).
Philips, Katherine. “Introduction and Textual Notes”. The Collected Works of Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda, Volume II: The Letters, edited by Patrick Thomas, Stump Cross Books, 1992, p. xi - xviii.
2: xiiff
Philips, Katherine. Collected Works. Editors Thomas, Patrick et al., Stump Cross Books, 1990–1993, 3 vols.