Literary historian Emily Stipes Watts
and others have noted Sigourney's high reputation in her own day (the female Milton, the American Hemans, the sweet singer of Hartford, generally ranked higher than William Cullen Bryant
Occupation
Julia Ward Howe
Julia began by giving private lectures to friends at home, since her husband did not wish her to charge for appearing in public. On January 17, 1864, however, she drew a crowd for a public...
Textual Production
Lydia Howard Sigourney
Illustrated Poems by LHS
, 1849, appeared in a prestigious series that also included William Cullen Bryant
and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
. She dedicated it to the aged English poet Samuel Rogers
.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
