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Illustrious Irishwomen E. Owens Blackburne

Illustrious Irishwomen By E. Owens Blackburne

Illustrious Irishwomen by E. Owens Blackburne


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Elizabeth Owens Blackburne (1848-1894) was an Irish professional writer, novelist and biographer. These volumes, first published in 1877, contain a series of biographies of famous and eminent Irish women, and were the first biographical reference for this subject to be published. Volume 2 contains biographies of Irish women writers.

Illustrious Irishwomen Summary

Illustrious Irishwomen: Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Noted Irishwomen from the Earliest Ages to the Present Century by E. Owens Blackburne

Elizabeth Owens Blackburne (1848-1894) was an Irish professional writer, novelist and biographer whose novels were mostly set in Ireland. After attending Trinity College, Dublin she published her first work in 1869, and moved to London in 1873 to pursue her career as a writer. These volumes, first published in 1877, contain a series of detailed biographies of Irish women who Blackburne considered pre-eminent. The biographies cover a broad range of women, including the semi-mythical Saint Brigit and Queen Macha, and are arranged chronologically. These volumes were the first biographical reference of Irish women to be published, and the balanced descriptions and extensive use of original sources ensure that they remain of value as a reference for researchers and historians. Volume 2 contains twenty biographies of Irish women writers and novelists.

Table of Contents

Part IV. Literary Women: 22. Susanna Centlivre; 23. The Honourable Mrs. Monk; 24. Constantia Grierson; 25. Charlotte Brooke; 26. Mrs. Mary Tighe; 27. Mary Boyle (Countess of Warwick); 28. Henrietta Boyle (Lady O'Neil); 29. Maria Edgeworth; 30. Felicia Dorothea Hemans; 31. The Misses Porter; 32. Sydney, Lady Morgan; 33. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington; 34. Eliz Ryves; 35. Helen Selina, Countess of Dufferin; 36. Lady Stirling-Maxwell; Part V. Miscellaneous: 37. The Lady Freemason; 38. The Beautiful Gunnings; Part VI. The Ladies of Llangollen: 39. Lady Louisa Conolly; 40. Sarah Curran; Index.

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NLS9781108021074
9781108021074
1108021077
Illustrious Irishwomen: Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Noted Irishwomen from the Earliest Ages to the Present Century by E. Owens Blackburne
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Cambridge University Press
2010-09-23
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