Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743–1825)
Auteur van Hymns in Prose for Children
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Fotografie: 1775 Wedgewood cameo of Anna Letitia Barbauld
Werken van Anna Letitia Barbauld
Gothic stories. Sir Bertrand's adventures in a ruinous castle: The story of Fitzalan: The adventure James III. of… (1900) 3 exemplaren
Selections from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, and Freeholder: with a preliminary essay 3 exemplaren
Devotional pieces : compiled from the Psalms and the Book of Job : to which are prefixed, Thoughts on the devotional… 2 exemplaren
Extracts concerning the importance of religion and public worship to civil society. With remarks 1 exemplaar
Things by their right names, and other stories, fables, and moral pieces, in prose and verse 1 exemplaar
Leçons amusantes pour les petits enfants, par Mme Barbauld, revues par Mme Fanny Richomme [Texte imprimé] 1 exemplaar
Charles' Journey to France, and Other Tales 1 exemplaar
Sir Bertrand, A Fragment 1 exemplaar
The Mouse's Petition 1 exemplaar
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The Other Eighteenth Century: English Women of Letters, 1660-1800 (1991) — Medewerker — 32 exemplaren
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- Barbauld, Anna Letitia
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- Barbauld, Anna Laetitia
Aikin, Anna Letitia
Aikin, Anna Laetitia - Geboortedatum
- 1743-06-20
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1825-03-09
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- England
UK - Geboorteplaats
- Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Kibworth-Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, UK (birth)
Palgrave, Suffolk, England, UK
London, England, UK - Opleiding
- at home
- Beroepen
- poet
essayist
literary critic
editor - Relaties
- Aikin, John (brother)
Aikin, Lucy (niece)
Opie, Amelia (friend) - Organisaties
- Palgrave Academy
Bluestocking Society - Korte biografie
- Anna Letitia Aikin was the daughter of the headmaster of the Dissenting academy in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, who was also a Presbyterian minister. She was called "Nancy," an 18th-century nickname for Anna, all her life. The family enjoyed a comfortable standard of living. Anna was taught the classics of Latin and Greek and many other subjects at home by her father. In 1773 she published her first book of poetry, and became a respected literary figure as a result. The following year she married Rochemont Barbauld, a grandson of French Huguenots and a former student of her father. The couple established and ran a boarding school at Palgrave, Suffolk. Her Hymns in Prose (1781) were written especially for the students there. Anna Letitia Barbauld had a successful writing career at a time when there were few female professional writers. Her poetry is considered foundational to the development of Romanticism in England. In addition, she wrote radical political pieces, especially at the onset of the French Revolution. An Address to the Opposers of the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts (1790) shocked readers who discovered that it was produced by a woman. In 1791, she published her Epistle to William Wilberforce Esq,. On the Rejection of the Bill for Abolishing the Slave Trade. In 1792, she issued an anti-war piece entitled Sins of Government, Sins of the Nation. Anna's husband became violent and died insane in 1808. Her longest poetic work, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven (1812), a gloomy prognosis of the country's current state and future, effectively ended her career because it criticized British involvement in the Napoleonic wars. Anna Letitia Barbauld was largely forgotten until the rise of feminist literary criticism in the 1980s renewed interest in her works and restored her place in literary history.
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The story is very short, but good atmosphere. I wish it was more widely known so I could find someone else's interpretation of the ending. I also question why Bertrand feels the need to investigate the house when he's having miniature heart attacks at every sound. Usually, there's enough context in horror stories for questionable decisions to fit. Still, this is a good, atmospheric oddity.… (meer)