The selected letters of Alice Meynell : poet and essayist / edited by Damian Atkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkinson, Damian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, English--19th century--Correspondence.

Authors, English.

Authors, English--20th century--Correspondence.

Meynell, Alice, 1847-1922.

Meynell, Alice.

Meynell, Alice, 1847-1922--Correspondence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Catholic convert and women of letters Alice Meynell (1847-1922) ranks as a sophisticated essayist and poet of the late Victorian period and the early twentieth century. She had the advantage of an educated father and a musical mother who spent much of their early time with the family visiting Europe, especially Italy. Alice's father was a friend of Dickens and her mother was admired by Dickens. Alice and her sister Elizabeth, later the famed artist Lady Butler, were educated privately and...

Contents:

CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SOURCES OF LETTERS AND SHORT TITLES; A CHRONOLOGY OF ALICE MEYNELL1847-1922; THE LETTERS 1858-1922; EARLY YEARS AND LITERATURE1 MARCH 1858-27 AUGUST 1901; AMERICA AND HOME24 SEPTEMBER 1901-11 JULY 1914; THE WAR AND FINAL YEARS5 AUGUST 1914-31 OCTOBER 1922; INDEX OF RECIPIENTS; GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6356-4

OCLC:

883570753