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Eighteenth century women poets: an Oxford anthology is a poetry anthology edited by Roger Lonsdale and published in 1989 by the Oxford University Press.In the introduction, Lonsdale notes that while the featured writers may have flourished, to one degree or another, during the eighteenth century, by the time he came to collect their work, many of them had "disappeared from view."
Suzanne Lummis (born 1951), American poet and publisher; founder of Los Angeles Poetry Festival; Jully Makini (born 1953), Solomon Islands poet, writer and women's rights activist; Chris Mansell (born 1953), Australian poet and publisher; Lee Maracle (born 1950), Canadian poet, novelist and storyteller; Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998 ...
Johnston's poetry was considered by some as of no lasting value, but in 1991 her poem written in dialect "The Last Sark" was published in An Anthology of Scottish Women Poets. In 1998 Gustav Klaus's biography "Factory Girl: Ellen Johnston and Working-class Poetry in Victorian Scotland" was published. [ 4 ]
This is an alphabetical list of female poets who were active in England and Wales, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before approximately 1800. Nota bene: Authors of poetry are the focus of this list, though many of these writers worked in more than one genre.
Birthplace of Fanny Crosby. Frances Jane Crosby was born on March 24, 1820, in the village of Brewster, about 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. [10] [11] She was the only child of John Crosby and his second wife Mercy Crosby, both of whom were relatives of Revolutionary War spy Enoch Crosby.
Mary Robinson (née Darby; 27 November 1757 – 26 December 1800) was an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure.She lived in England, in the cities of Bristol and London; she also lived in France and Germany for a time.
The Feminead. Or, female genius. A poem. London: M. Cooper; Hays, Mary (1803). Female Biography, or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women of All Ages and Countries. London: R. Phillips. Polwhele, Richard (1798). The Unsex'd Females: a poem, addressed to the author of the Pursuits of Literature. London: Cadell and Davies
Michigan Women's Hall of Fame. Margaret, Noori (March–April 2008). "Bicultural Before There Was a Word for It". Women's Review of Books. Vol. 25, no. 2. Wellesley Centers for Women. p. 7. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013; Musical setting of poem by Jane Johnston Schoolcraft. University of Michigan.