If Marguerite Blessington (1788–1849)–the “most gorgeous lady” in Dr. Samuel Parr's words–
is ever remembered today, it is mostly for her famous literary salon and for her …

Rather than dutifully producing conventional elegies bemoaning the loss of the exemplary
woman poet immediately after Felicia Hemans's death in 1835, Letitia Elizabeth Landon …

This thesis is a study of the writing life of Ellen Wood (1816-1887), the popular Victorian
writer best known for her 1861 bestseller, East Lynne. Through its focus on Wood's …

As a young girl living on St. Helena in 1815, Betsy Balcombe met Napoleon Bonaparte.
When she learned of the recently defeated emperor's imminent arrival, Betsy feared “a huge …

Contemporary scholarship has seen increasing interest in the study of elegy. The present
work attempts to elevate and expand discussions of death and survival beyond the ambit of …

This dissertation considers the development and deployment of the sentimental poetess as
a construct of poetic identity in the late Romantic/early Victorian period in Great Britain …

This series presents original biographical, critical, and scholarly studies of literary works and
public figures in Great Britain, North America, and continental Europe during the nineteenth …

T hus PG Patmore's “Personal Recollections of the Late Lady Blessington,” published shortly
after her death in 1849, introduces the notorious Countess, who was also a renowned …