She began her project as a money-earning one, but was later able to declare that the proceeds would go to charity. A further motive was patriotic and nationalistic: to counter the English (even, sometimes, the...
Textual Production
Mary Scott
Anna Seward was eagerly awaiting the appearance of this poem in April.
Seward, Anna. Letters of Anna Seward. Editor Constable, Archibald, Vol.
6 vols.
, A. Constable, 1811, 6 vols.
2: 89
Though it was published at Bath, MS
's previous publisher, Joseph Johnson
, was listed on the title-page as the London...
Textual Production
Amelia Opie
AO
published the heavily didactic Temper; or, Domestic Scenes: A Tale (inspired by William Hayley
's poem The Triumph of Temper, 1781); it was seven years since her previous novel.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
4th ser. 1 (1812): 336
Mudge, Bradford Keyes, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 116. Gale Research, 1992.
231
Textual Production
Mariana Starke
Some of MS
's letters are among William Hayley
's papers at the Fitzwilliam Museum
in Cambridge, others among the John Murray
papers.
Crawford, Elizabeth. “Posts tagged Mariana Starke”. Woman and her Sphere, 26 July 2012.
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins
EST
wrote a verse dedication of this novel to the poet William Hayley
, with allusions which show her to be well acquainted with his writings. She addresses him as a patron of writing women...
Travel
Anna Seward
AS
spent six weeks visiting William
and Eliza Hayley
at Eartham in Sussex.
Ashmun, Margaret. The Singing Swan. Yale University Press; H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1931.