Felicia Hemans manuscript material : 60 items 1805-1834

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Felicia Hemans manuscript material : 60 items 1805-1834

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Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, British poet. The Felicia Hemans manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection is comprised of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph poem, written when she was eleven, titled "Lines on my Sister's Grotto in Wales"; a two-volume commonplace book kept by Hemans and her sister; and a holograph draft of her poem, "The Graves of a Household." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1821 and 1830 and discusses publishing matters, family and social arrangements, and the production of her play, Vespers of Palermo. Correspondents include: the writer Maria Jane Jewsbury; the historian Henry Hart Milman; the publisher John Murray; and over twenty others.

60 items

The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868

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Epithet: Reverend; Professor of Poetry, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0001fd Henry Hart Milman, historian and dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. From the guide to the Henry Hart Milman manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1828-1839, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur E301 British Library...

Sherer, Moyle, 1789-1869

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Watts, Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864

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English poet and journalist. From the description of Portion of autograph letter signed, ? Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660919 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hotel de Lile, to Moore, 1828 Aug. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660932 English poet. From the description of Papers, 1819-1857. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 28411542 English poet, editor, and publisher of literary journals. ...

Jewsbury, Maria Jane, 1800-1833

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Maria Jane Jewsbury, English writer and literary reviewer. From the description of Maria Jane Jewsbury manuscript material : 1 item, [ca. 1826-1833] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 445519396 Author. From the description of Papers, 1830-1847 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 24778361 ...

Scott, Anne, B.S.N.

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Epithet: daughter of Sir Walter Scott British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000618.0x0003ce Epithet: Duchess of Buccleuch; widow of -James, Duke of Monmouth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000618.0x0003cf ...

Browne, Miss

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Smyth, Amelia Gillespie

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Relfe, Lupton

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Epithet: bookseller, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x000200 ...

Taylor, John, 1757-1832

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English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Golden Square [London], to J.B. Nicholls [sic], 1826 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574766 ...

Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835

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Felicia Hemans was one of the first successful female English career poets. For a brief time, she was the most popular and acclaimed poet writing in England. Mrs. Hemans embodies a significant transition in English poetry from Romantic lyricism to the moral and patriotic themes prevalent in the Victorian era. From the description of Felicia Hemans letters and poems, 1825, n.d. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50039596 Felicia Dorothea Browne Hem...

Murray, John, 1778-1843

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John Murray was an important and successful British publisher. He was among the first publishers to form connections with authors, notably Byron, and traveled in literary circles. A consummate businessman, he was often guided by his Tory principles; he founded the Quarterly Review in part to give voice to his political views. From the description of John Murray letter to General Malcolm, ca. 1812. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51999696 Britis...

Simpson, James, 1781-1853

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Roscoe, Thomas, 1791-1871

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Epithet: author; of Add MS 40540 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x00038a ...

Lawrence, Mrs. (Rose)

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